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 Ekstaza
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 Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: veggie]
#4224467 - 05/26/05 09:55 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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I say we all boycot anything made in Indonesia.
I will never set foot in that country.
I don't want to know that any dollar of mine went to support such a backward thinking people.
My heart goes out to Schappelle Corby. She has been greatly wronged.
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: Ekstaza]
#4224488 - 05/26/05 10:00 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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The judge mentioned the lack of fingerprint testing...perhaps that would make a good element of an appeal?
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: dblaney]
#4224513 - 05/26/05 10:08 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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If she appeals, she could possibly get a death sentence from a higher court.
Indonesia's judicial system is so screwed that her best bet is to just take the 20 years and hope that she can perhaps be sent to an Australian prison through some prisoner exchange program.
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: veggie]
#4224805 - 05/26/05 11:14 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Indonesian prosecutors plan appeal
May 27, 2005 - theage.com.au
Prosecutors in the Schapelle Corby case say they will appeal the sentence, saying it was too lenient.
Prosecutor Ida Bagus Wiswantanu said he believed the judge had erred and should have given Corby a life sentence.
"For us justice is life for anyone who imports that much marijuana," he told reporters.
Corby was today sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined 100 million rupiah ($AU14,000) after she was convicted of importing drugs into Indonesia.
Asked whether it was fair, he told reporters: "I cannot comment on my own judgment.
"You heard what I have said."
Chief Judge Linton Sirait said later he would not comment further on the decision.
Ealier, Corby's Australian lawyer, Robin Tampoe, said he would consider all possible avenues of appeal.
"We'll do whatever we can possibly do to get her home. We won't stop. We will not stop."
Asked if he would try to get evidence relating to alleged cocaine smuggling by Australian baggage handlers admitted in any appeal he said: "Perhaps.
"We'll look at all those likely things. . . none of it was accepted (in the trial).. it doesn't leave us with much.
Lily Lubis, Corby's Indonesian lawyer, told reporters she did not believe justice had been served.
"I don't think so," she said.
Lubis was in tears as she faced reporters outside the court, and said the court had failed to take into account crucial evidence.
She became heated at repeated questioning as to whether the trial had been fair: "Ask him," she said, referring to to chief judge Linton Sirait. "He's the one that makes the decision."
In court, Corby wept and rocked back-and-forth on her chair after learning that the judges had found the charges against her as proven - one step below guilt under Indonesian law.
Corby was standing as she heard the verdict and sentence.
"Twenty years?,'' she said.
She turned to her distressed mother Rosleigh Rose and appeared to shout: "Mum it's OK".
The 27-year-old looked stunned as the verdict was translated for her, but turned around to urge her family to stop their shouting.
She then hugged Lupis while members of the gallery voiced their outrage.
Corby at first tried to compose herself, taking deep breaths, as the courtroom descended into chaos.
Distressed, she then hugged her interpreter and pushed through police to get to her mother and father Michael Corby.
She kissed other members of her family and was then led away by police through a crush of media.
Corby has now been taken back to prison.
"We have decided firstly that the defendant Schapelle Corby has been proven convincingly to be guilty of the crime of importation of a schedule one narcotic," the judges said.
"The prison sentence of 20 years is handed down with a fine of 100 million rupiah ($AU14,000).
"If this is not paid, an additional six months will be added to the sentence"
At this point screams broke out in the courtroom.
The drugs plus other personal effects of Corby's were ordered to be confiscated and burned.
Corby has until next Wednesday to appeal the sentence.
Her sister Mercedes appeared disoriented and in shock as she was surrounded outside court by the media throng.
Also outside the court, a family friend, Glen Jeffers, shouted from a written statement. In the tsunami, he said, Australia had come to Indonesia's aid.
"Nine Australians gave the ultimate in their lives ... Mr President (Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono), we have seen enough wasted lives in the past year... all Australians ask is that ... Schapelle is given back to us."
Corby's financial backer, Ron Bakir, said outside the court: "It's a massive injustice, what can i say?"
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: veggie]
#4224909 - 05/26/05 11:40 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Jesus. Fucking. Christ.
Too lenient?!
Thanks for the round-the-clock coverage veggie.
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: Ekstaza]
#4225482 - 05/27/05 03:51 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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If she appeals, she could possibly get a death sentence from a higher court.
Indonesia's judicial system is so screwed that her best bet is to just take the 20 years and hope that she can perhaps be sent to an Australian prison through some prisoner exchange program.
The same judicial system is actually used in many European countrys.
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: Grizz]
#4227180 - 05/27/05 03:43 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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grizz said:
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Ekstaza said:
If she appeals, she could possibly get a death sentence from a higher court.
Indonesia's judicial system is so screwed that her best bet is to just take the 20 years and hope that she can perhaps be sent to an Australian prison through some prisoner exchange program.
The same judicial system is actually used in many European countrys.
I guess there are backwards morons all around the world.
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: veggie]
#4227830 - 05/27/05 06:57 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Corby appeal may take up to 18 months
May 28, 2005 - news.com.au
SCHAPELLE Corby may have to wait up to 18 months for her fate to be finally decided by the Indonesian legal system.
With the prosecution and defence legal teams declaring they will appeal against the verdict handed down by the judges yesterday, prolonged legal wrangling is expected.
Although the timeline is not guaranteed, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said he expected the appeal process to take up to 18 months.
Chief prosecutor Ida Bagus Wiswantanu said Corby's 20-year prison sentence was too lenient, while senior defence lawyer Erwin Siregar said it was far too severe.
Mr Siregar said he would first try to appeal and then ask for an interim order from the Bali High Court to reopen the case.
"The judges didn't consider any of our five witnesses," he said. "Ideally, if the testimonies are in synchronisation, that could be considered as evidence. But the judges didn't do that. That's why we will appeal."
Mr Wiswantanu had earlier recommended life in prison.
Both sides have to lodge the appeals within seven days.
After the verdict, Corby's chief financial backer controversial Gold Coast mobile phone businessman Ron Bakir, looking distressed and shaken, said the battle to free her would continue. "We don't stop," he said. "We bring the girl home. This is a massive injustice. We'll appeal, we'll do whatever it takes."
Since Corby's sentence is longer than nine years, a panel of three or more High Court judges will then have 150 days to consider the case.
Tim Lindsey, director of Melbourne University's Asian Law Centre, said the High Court judges rarely called witnesses, usually deciding the case on a review of the documented evidence.
They can either increase or decrease the sentence, but High Courts rarely reduce sentences, particularly in drugs cases, Dr Lindsey said.
If new evidence were submitted, the judges would be able to consider it. The parties could then appeal again to the Supreme Court, which has 170 days to decide on a case from the date the appeal is lodged.
"If appeals are not heard within the time limits, the defendant can be released," Dr Lindsey said, but this almost never happened.
He said other possible legal avenues included an internal review, which would be heard by a panel of Supreme Court judges, and as a last resort, a presidential pardon - but asking for a presidential pardon implicitly admitted guilt.
A prisoner exchange treaty could help lessen Corby's time in an Indonesian jail.
She could serve a maximum of five years if a prisoner exchange treaty were negotiated with Jakarta.
Three Australians have benefited from the prisoner exchange treaty negotiated with Thailand.
John Doran arrived back in Perth in April 2003 with 17 months left to serve on an eight-year jail sentence for a $1000 cheque fraud.
The then 33-year-old had spent six years in Klong Prem jail, known as the Bangkok Hilton, where he shared a cell with 30 other prisoners and contracted tuberculosis.
In March last year, Jane McKenzie, 38, and Deborah Spinner, 36, flew back to Sydney after serving six years of 50-year jail terms for their part in a plot to smuggle 115g of heroin out of Thailand.
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: veggie]
#4227848 - 05/27/05 07:01 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Prisoner swap talks 'to last a year'
May 28, 2005 - news.com.au
SCHAPELLE Corby could serve up to five years in prison in Indonesia if Canberra successfully negotiates a prisoner-exchange treaty with Jakarta.
Australian and Indonesian lawyers will resume negotiations on the proposed treaty early next month in a process likely to last at least a year. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer warned any transfer of Ms Corby to Australia would have to wait until Ms Corby's appeals were finalised, which could take 18 months.
"On the basis of the decision that the Bali court has made we hope that it won't take long for us to negotiate a prisoner-transfer agreement with Indonesia," he said. A treaty would require changes in Indonesian domestic laws and ratification by Indonesia's parliament.
NSW Law Society President John McIntyre said the maximum sentence for the equivalent crime in Australia was 10 years' jail.
But he said given that Ms Corby had no previous criminal record, and taking into account the other circumstances of the offence, she would be unlikely to get more than five years jail in Australia.
The model for Australian negotiators is the prisoner-exchange treaty between Thailand and Australia, ratified in 2002.
Under the agreement each transfer can only be made with the consent of both countries and of the prisoner concerned. Applicants must have at least one year of their jail term remaining and must serve the duration of their sentence in Australia.
There is no guarantee the Thailand model will be copied by Indonesia.
Indonesian Justice Department officials have said a substantial portion of a prisoner's sentence should still be served in Indonesia, they are open on how long.
It is believed the Australian Government has spent up to $50,000 in assistance to Ms Corby's defence. Mr Downer said the Government would consider any request from Ms Corby's lawyers for help in the appeal.
The prospect of a pardon from the Indonesian President was "a long way off" and would depend on the outcome of the appeals process, he added.
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: veggie]
#4228395 - 05/27/05 10:17 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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FUCK! 20 years and an appeal for too lenient of a sentece? Tears...i think she'll get a better deal within 5 years.
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: veggie]
#4229671 - 05/28/05 10:40 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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We'll risk Schapelle's life in making appeal
May 29, 2005 - smh.com.au
Lawyers for Schapelle Corby and the Indonesian chief prosecutor agreed yesterday their appeals to the High Court could cost Corby her life.
Outside the Denpasar jail where Corby had just spent the first night of her 20-year sentence, a member of her legal team, Vasu Rasiah, admitted the death penalty was a risk they had decided to take with their appeal.
"Yes, it's possible," Mr Rasiah said when asked if Corby could be given the death penalty.
And Corby's chief prosecutor, Ida Bagus Wiswantanu, said it was quite possible the High Court could sentence Corby to death. "They can, they can, if they think it serves justice," he said.
Despite the risk, Corby's legal team have decided to appeal against the verdict and the sentence in the hope they can get the huge jail term reduced, Mr Rasiah said.
"We are confident we can get it lesser and lesser."
But he said there was now no hope of getting Corby acquitted "unless we find who put the drug in the bag".
West Australian QC Tom Percy also agreed that Corby's defence team would have to weigh the risk of the death penalty before appealing.
"Its obviously something we have to look at," he said.
In his office yesterday, Mr Wiswantanu was hard at work writing his appeal document in which he will argue that Corby should be locked up for life.
He will push for the 20-year sentence imposed on Corby to be increased to life because of the impact the drug in Corby's bag has on society.
"The impact of marijuana is very big, especially for such a large amount; I think it's fair to give her a life sentence."
He said the only way to stop drugs coming into Bali was to "give criminals a lesson" with heavy sentences.
In Bali yesterday to help one of the families of the Bali nine, Mr Percy said he and another Perth-based QC, Mark Trowell, were willing to help Corby's legal team prepare their appeal if Corby wanted them.
He said they had first agreed to help her in March after they were approached by staff from the office of Attorney-General Philip Ruddock. Mr Percy said Mr Trowell had then made "approaches" to Corby's Australian-based legal team but had never heard back from them.
Mr Rasiah said Corby's lawyers had never had a formal offer. "We have never been approached at all. Until today no one has called us or contacted us at all," he said. But the team would of course "accept help from anybody".
Corby's mother, Ros Rose, said at her modest Kuta villa yesterday: "We've now heard they [the QCs] did get in touch . . . with the people on the Gold Coast." But the offer was not passed on to the family.
Although Mr Percy said he had not read the judgement and did not know much about Corby's case, he agreed with Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty who had said evidence from Victorian prisoner John Ford that someone put the drugs in Corby's luggage was "hearsay upon hearsay".
The judges put the same view in their decision.
Although Indonesia's legal system is notoriously corrupt, and many defendants complain about the bribes they have to pay, Mr Percy said he had "no knowledge" of corruption here.
He hoped to know within the next week whether he and Mr Trowell would be helping with the Corby appeal.
He said that while he has done a lot of free work on cases where injustices were suspected, he'd never attempted a case outside Australia.
Indonesian courts often increased the penalties imposed by lower courts, although Mr Percy said this was something Australian courts did as well.
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: veggie]
#4229679 - 05/28/05 10:43 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Survival rate 10 years
May 29, 2005 - sundaytimes.news.com.au
SCHAPELLE Corby yesterday began her 20-year sentence in a jail where the life expectancy of long-term prisoners is just 10 years.
She faces suffering from malnutrition, disease and oppressive heat in Bali's notorious Kerobokan prison.
AIDS/HIV is rife, as corrupt officials allow drug abuse to run virtually unchecked.
The toilets in the squalid cells sit directly beside the benches where food is prepared.
Conditions are ideal for breeding the gastric parasite giardia and the bacterial cholera.
Both can cause severe dehydration which, in the stifling tropical humidity, could be fatal.
There is also the risk of contracting a host of exotic, mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, malaria and japanese encephalitis.
Tuberculosis is 20 times more common in Bali than Australia.
Cramped living conditions mean disease is easily spread.
The jail was built in 1976 for 366 prisoners, but it holds 525.
Ms Corby shares a 5m-wide cell with seven other women.
She will be forced to wash with only a small bucket and ladle.
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: veggie]
#4231070 - 05/28/05 06:59 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Indonesian Attorney-General backs life sentence for Corby
May 29, 2005 - abc.net.au
Indonesia's Attorney-General says Schapelle Corby should have received life in prison instead of just 20 years for trying to smuggle marijuana into Bali.
Abdul Rahman Saleh has told a local newspaper that he supports a prosecution appeal to have her sentence increased.
The prosecutors are finalising their appeal and will demand a life sentence.
The chief prosecutor, Ida Bagus Wiswantana, says it is possible the High Court may impose an even heavier penalty on the 27-year-old.
"That's a possibility in considering the evidence [if] the Judges see no reason to be lenient," he said.
"It could come to the death sentence."
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: veggie]
#4231087 - 05/28/05 07:03 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Pardon may be Corby's best bet
May 29, 2005 - news.com.au
CONVICTED drug smuggler Schapelle Corby's best hope of having her 20-year jail sentence reduced was an appeal for a pardon to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.
Mr Downer defended the Government's efforts in Corby's case, saying the Gold Coast beauty student had received a substantial amount of legal aid to fight her drug running charge.
Corby's family has told News Ltd newspapers that they fear the 27-year-old will take her own life if forced to serve the entire sentence.
Corby was found guilty on Friday of smuggling 4.1 kg of marijuana into Bali.
Both the defence and the prosecution intend to appeal against her 20-year jail sentence.
Mr Downer said a prisoner exchange agreement between the two countries, which would allow Corby to serve her sentence in an Australian jail, was several months away.
"We haven't negotiated the details of the agreement with Indonesia, but typically with these prisoner transfer agreements the requirement is for the full sentence to be served back in the home country," Mr Downer said on Channel 7.
"But in this case, as in any case in Indonesia, it is possible to appeal successfully for a presidential pardon and my guess is that that is likely to be, if the appeals are unsuccessful, that is likely to be the only way of reducing the sentence."
Mr Downer said the transfer agreement would take several months to finalise because not only did the countries have to agree, but the treaty would have to be approved by both parliaments.
"So it could take a little bit of time, but so of course will the appeals in the Schapelle Corby case," he said.
"If the appeal fails, the easiest way of getting the sentence reduced is through an appeal for a pardon to the president of Indonesia."
Mr Downer stood by his claim that the Government had offered the free services of two experienced QCs to Corby's defence team but the offer had not been taken up.
Ms Corby's Gold Coast lawyer Robin Tampoe yesterday criticised the Government, saying the offer had only been made through the media.
But Mr Downer said a check of the records showed that the offer had been made by Attorney-General Philip Ruddock's office to Mr Tampoe's office on March 24 this year.
"One of those lawyers (QCs) rang that office as well, I understand," Mr Downer said.
"I don't think we want to get into an unseemly debate about this, but that's what happened and they don't have to take up that kind of an offer. And who knows whether that by the way would have made any difference.
"But in any case, the offer's still there and my advice to the team is to take up the offer."
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates [Re: veggie]
#4231992 - 05/28/05 10:59 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Corby team rules out pardon request
May 29, 2005 - smh.com.au
Schapelle Corby's defence team says she is not seeking a pardon from Indonesia's president because to do so would mean admitting to a crime she did not commit.
"The girl is not guilty," said defence adviser Vasu Rasiah. "How can she ask for a pardon?"
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today that a pardon from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono might be the best chance the 27-year-old Gold Coast woman has of getting her 20-year prison sentence for drug smuggling reduced.
And Governor-General Michael Jeffery has not ruled out lending his weight to a request for mercy from the Indonesian head of state.
Mr Rasiah said Corby's Indonesian lawyers are pressing ahead with an appeal to Indonesia's High Court and then, if necessary, they would go to the Supreme Court to overturn her conviction.
Details of the appeal would be sorted through during the next few days.
If an appeal went wrong it could mean her sentence being increased, not cut. Theoretically, it could even mean the death penalty being imposed by an appeals court.
Prosecutors in Bali, as well as the nation's Attorney-General Abdul Rahman Saleh in Jakarta, complain that 20 years is too light a penalty for Corby.
They are pursuing an appeal of their own to have her imprisoned for life.
The new battle between the defence and prosecution would be fought on paper with no physical hearings taking place. The court would review the case through documents and written arguments.
Mr Rasiah said it was essential the Australian government and police help it come up with evidence to support her defence argument that someone, possibly baggage handlers at Australian airports, had stashed 4.1kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag before she was arrested at Denpasar Airport last October.
He said Australian authorities should have done a lot more to assist the defence case during the trial and that claims from the Australian government that it had done as much as it could smacked of them "just trying to cover their arses".
"What is happening now in Canberra is unfathomable," he said.
While the appeals process could take many months to exhaust, the pursuit of a pardon would also be a lengthy process.
"Hundreds of people are queued up already for clemency from the president," Mr Rasiah said.
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4232390 - 05/29/05 02:53 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Corby kidnap fear prompts security hike
May 29, 2005 - smh.com.au
Security at Bali's Kerobokan Prison has been tightened amid fears that someone might try to break Schapelle Corby out.
Bali's Denpost newspaper also quoted the jail's governor Bromo Setyono as saying that media attempts to see Corby were causing major security problems.
"To anticipate all possibilities, we are still on alert," he said. "Rumours of a kidnapping still exist, so the women's section is being specially guarded.
"We are checking all visitors thoroughly."
Vasu Rasiah, an adviser to Corby's Indonesian legal team, has denied reports the 27-year-old Australian is on a suicide watch.
He said she was too strong a personality to harm herself, even though one of her lawyers had earlier cast doubts on her ability to survive for very long behind bars.
Nonetheless, Rasiah said Corby had asked her family and friends to stay away from the jail for the next few days.
He said the media spotlight had taken its toll on Corby as well as her mother, father and other relatives.
Moreover, many reporters have been trying to gain access to the jail by claiming to be related to Corby.
"But Schapelle also needs time to herself. She needs to recuperate. She is mentally and physically tired," Rasiah said. "Her parents need a break as well."
Corby is being held in a small cell with seven other female inmates.
She sleeps on a rolled out mattress on a concrete floor and is allowed one bucket of water a day for bathing and laundry. A fluorescent light stays on 24 hours a day, so she sleeps with an eye mask.
She is able to exercise in the jail main yard daily. She often sits near a fish pond in its centre. Corby is also a regular participant at Christian prayer services held inside the jail.
Until now she has been receiving daily visits from friends and family who bring in food, reading material and other supplies, which she has been sharing with her cellmates who are mainly poor Indonesians.
Dozens of wellwishers, mostly Australian holidaymakers, have also been turning up to the prison. They have been leaving messages of support.
Rasiah, who saw Corby on Saturday, said her spirits remained high, despite the shock of Friday's guilty verdict and 20-year prison sentence for smuggling 4.1kg of marijuana into Bali.
"She is a strong person. With 93 per cent of Australians behind her, she told me that she would fight on," he said adding that the defence is now finalising its appeal strategy.
"She really wants to thank Australia."
In the days just prior to the verdict in the Denpasar District Court, Corby had raised fears that an extremist might have tried to attack her.
Security around the court was tightened for the hearing that broke down in chaos despite the deployment of more than 100 police.
The Denpost newspaper also reported that jail authorities had been concerned by a news crews using a building next to the prison to get a view of its grounds, and presumably Corby, behind its whitewashed walls.
"We protested their behaviour," said Bromo. "If it became a base of observing that would be dangerous."
Meanwhile the prison's psychologist Denny Thong said it would take time for Corby to adjust to prison life now that her sentence had been handed down.
He told the Jawa Pos newspaper that she should forget about McDonald's, start enjoying local food and learn the Indonesian language.
"Schapelle is no different to other prisoners," he said.
"Usually prisoners are more realistic in their attitude towards their situation they are facing after they complete one year."
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
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Angry Aussies call for boycott on Bali
May 30, 2005 - news.com.au
AUSTRALIA has reacted with fury to Schapelle Corby's 20-year jail sentence with bitter calls for a tourist boycott of Bali and withdrawal of aid to Indonesian tsunami victims.
The backlash hit like a storm as furious Australians began boycotting Bali and refusing to give money to tsunami charities in protest against the conviction and sentence for drug trafficking.
The Herald Sun was flooded with an unprecedented number of letters and calls, mostly supporting 27-year-old Corby, who was convicted on Friday of smuggling 4.1kg of marijuana into Bali.
The Indonesian embassy and Indonesian businesses were subjected to abusive calls and threats as anger grew over the fate of a young woman whose plight has captivated a nation.
Charities were also hit, as many donors refused to give money to the Salvation Army's annual Red Shield appeal unless guarantees could be given that it would not be be spent in Indonesia.
Some people even contacted major charities -- including World Vision and the Red Cross -- demanding that the money they donated to Indonesian tsunami victims be returned.
A national day of protest is planned for July 8, and one group that supports prisoners in foreign jails reported 30,000 hits on its website in 24 hours.
Corby yesterday attended a 90-minute Catholic church service at the squalid prison where she is detained, praying and participating in the service.
Her legal team is preparing an appeal -- but this could pose another risk to the Australian, because Indonesian law allows for tougher sentences on appeals, including the death penalty.
She did not see her family, as she had asked them to stay away to avoid the media spotlight for several days.
As the storm continued to rage in Australia, Governor-General Michael Jeffery said he might plead with the Indonesian Government for a pardon, as he did for an Australian facing the death penalty in Singapore.
But Maj-Gen Jeffery can intervene only at the request of the Government.
"I have been known to do that in at least one other case, but we'll leave it at that to see how things develop," Maj-Gen Jeffery said yesterday. Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said a presidential pardon was Corby's best hope if her appeal failed, with a prison transfer treaty unlikely to be arranged for some time.
"The easiest way of getting the sentence reduced is through an appeal for a pardon to the President of Indonesia," Mr Downer said. "We haven't negotiated the details of the agreement with Indonesia, but typically with these prisoner transfer agreements, the requirement is for the full sentence to be served back in the home country."
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley said the Government should begin work on a pardon plea immediately in the event that an appeal failed.
Rejecting calls from some sections of the community for tsunami donations to Indonesia to be returned, Mr Beazley urged restraint and said boycotts would be unreasonable.
"I don't think that trying to put pressure on by withdrawing aid is going to be anything but counter-productive," Mr Beazley said.
Several supporters of Corby urged people not to boycott Bali, saying the local people should not be held responsible for their legal system.
And Indonesian prosecutors released their reasons for seeking a life sentence for Corby.
In other developments, officials upped security at the Kerobokan Prison amid fears somebody might attempt to break Corby out.
Director of the Indonesian Cultural and Education Institute Abe Kelabora said he had received abusive calls, starting five minutes after the verdict was handed down.
Lead prosecutor in the Corby case Ida Bagus Wiswantanu said he would appeal to the High Court in Denpasar, arguing the sentence was too lenient.
He said the importation of drugs damaged national security, and sentences should act as a deterrent.
Bali Hotels Association spokesman Michael Burchett said he hoped Australians would not boycott the island, still recovering from the October 2002 bombing that claimed 88 Australian lives.
"If there is a serious downturn in Australian business, then the Balinese people will be severely affected again," Mr Burchett said yesterday.
Qantas, whose subsidiary Australian Airlines is one of three major carriers servicing Bali, was uncertain about the effect of the verdict. "It's far too early to tell about any impact," a Qantas spokeswoman said.
Corby was travelling on an Australian Airlines flight when she arrived in Bali on October 8, and her mother Rosleigh Rose has urged people to boycott Qantas, not Bali.
She said Australians should protest against the actions of baggage handlers, who she believed planted the drugs in Corby's bodyboard bag.
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4236035 - 05/30/05 08:47 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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As a citizen of the States and thus a great economic power how can we use this to start a campaign for her release? I am willing to at the very least send letters to their legislators petitioning for her release. We may not live there but I'm sure a shit ton of our money is spent there and if they expect to feel the impact they may reconsider their decision.
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No guarantees on prisoner transfer
May 31, 2005 - theaustralian.news.com.au
Indonesian has poured cold water on any hope of convicted drug trafficker Schapelle Corby getting a swift transfer to Australia under a prisoner exchange treaty.
A PRISONER transfer agreement between Australia and Indonesia was no fait accompli, a senior Indonesian official said today.
Australia will send a team of negotiators to Indonesia next week to thrash out a deal which could allow Schapelle Corby to serve part of her sentence on home soil.
The Gold Coast woman has decided to appeal a 20-year jail term for drug smuggling handed down by a Bali court last week.
If an appeal is unsuccessful, her supporters are pinning their hopes on the transfer deal to bring her home.
But Indonesian foreign ministry spokesman Marty Natalegawa said such an arrangement was no certainty - and nor was a one-off deal to bring Corby home.
"I must emphasise that agreement ... would be unprecedented from our perspective if we were to have one because we don't have a transfer of sentence agreement with any country whatsoever," he said on ABC radio.
"And even if we were to have one, and that's a big if, even if we were to have one that would be an instrument in general in application and not specifically designed to any one particular legal case by any one particular individual."
Mr Natalegawa said the Indonesian Government had not received a request from the Australians for a one-off interim deal to bring Corby home if the general negotiations became bogged down.
"If asked ... (our response) would be something along the lines (that) we would rather explore a generic, general type of agreement, rather than something tailor-made for one particular case, especially a case ... that is still very much in the legal processes now," he said.
"It would be prejudging the appeals process."
He could not give a time frame to negotiate a "generic" deal, but said it would probably take longer than Australians wanted.
"It's probably going to be longer than most options that are coming out of Australia," Mr Natalegawa said.
Mr Natalegawa also said calls by some Australians for a boycott on Bali or the withdrawal of aid were inadvisable.
"It will be totally alien, totally in contrast to the fact that the two governments' relations has been on a better footing, on a positive note and also the two people's relationship has been extremely close post-Bali, post-tsunami," he said.
"With the greatest respect and with the greatest sympathy to the feelings of Australians to Miss Corby's case, using the case to drive a wedge between the two peoples and the two governments is really not advisable."
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