BALIi Nine ringleader Andrew Chan is said to be relaxed despite losing a final appeal against his death sentence.

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Chan will now have to rely on clemency from Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono if he is to have any hope of getting off death row for his part in a 2005 plot to smuggle more than 8kg of heroin from Bali to Australia.

Despite Chan's predicament, the governor of Bali's Kerobokan Prison - where Chan remains in detention - says the 27-year-old Sydney man is surprisingly calm.

"He's not taking it too seriously. He's relaxed about it," Siswanto said after sitting in on a media interview with Chan on Monday.

"Basically, he said he's fine," Siswanto said.

Chan first learned his appeal had been rejected on Friday after the decision was posted on the Indonesian Supreme Court website.



There were few details provided, although the posting did reveal that the decision was made by a panel of three judges on May 10, the same day the court announced it had commuted fellow Bali Nine member Scott Rush's death sentence to life in prison.

Chan, along with Myuran Sukumaran, also considered a ringleader in the drug-smuggling plot, launched his final appeal, known as a judicial review, in August last year.

Sukumaran's judicial review is being conducted by a different panel of judges, whose decision is yet to be announced.

Chan can apply for clemency from Dr Yudhoyono, but the President has made it clear in the past that he is opposed to showing mercy for people sentenced to death for drug trafficking.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd have both said the Australian government would support Chan's likely bid for clemency.