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#4238478 - 05/30/05 10:18 PM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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Corby 'doesn't want exchange'
May 30, 2005 - heraldsun.news.com.au
SCHAPELLE Corby would not want to serve time in an Australian jail even if the Federal Government seals a prisoner exchange deal with Indonesia, her sister Mercedes says.
Corby was sentenced in a Denpasar court on Friday to 20 years in jail after being convicted of smuggling 4.1kg of marijuana into the Indonesian resort island of Bali last year.
While Corby is working on an appeal, the Australian Government has said it wants to secure a prisoner exchange program with Indonesia so she can serve her sentence on home soil.
But the family of the 27-year-old Gold Coast woman maintains she is innocent and should not have to serve time in jail anywhere.
"Schapelle doesn't want to spend one day in jail anywhere. She's innocent," Mercedes told Channel Nine's 60 Minutes program.
"What's the difference between a jail in Indonesia and a jail in Australia for an innocent person.
"She should not be in any jail anywhere."
Corby's Australian lawyer, Robin Tampoe, said he was willing to work with the QCs the Federal Government said last week had agreed to help his client on a pro-bono basis.
But he said it would have been handy if the offer had been made last October when Corby was arrested.
"We're hearing lots of things about prisoner exchange programs, all these things are out there now, but again my understanding is even if that was available to her she would still need to spend some years in Indonesia," Mr Tampoe said.
"So I don't know if there's any fast fix to this situation."
Despite Corby being handed a 20-year sentence, her family insist they do not feel defeated in their fight to prove her innocence.
"We're not defeated," Corby's mother Rosleigh Rose said.
"Schapelle is changing the world. This will not happen again, it won't, it can't."
Corby's father Michael said he had still not come to grips with the possibility his daughter could spend the next 20 years in jail.
He said he believed Schapelle was paying the price for someone else's crime.
"For some keystone cops from the Australian Federal Police," Mr Corby said.
"They're hiding something."
The program also broadcast more of an interview it filmed with Corby last November, when she denied ever having used drugs or carrying them to Bali.
She said for the first five days after her arrest she could not eat and spent most of her time vomiting.
"I couldn't understand it," Corby said, fighting back tears.
"It's like I'm living someone else's horrible life.
"All I can try is just try to adapt as best I can, try to keep healthy, mentally and physically.
"I shouldn't be here and it's just really, really hard to sit in that cell for three days straight and not (get) let out of the cage once.
"It's really hard to keep strong and not think ... am I ever going to find out who did this."
Fellow convicted Australian drug dealer Chris Parnell also told the program Corby would be better off confessing to her crime to ensure she was released earlier from jail.
Parnell served 11 years in five Indonesian jails for importing marijuana, a crime he maintains he never committed.
"Schapelle's pleading not guilty and the Indonesians won't like that," he said.
"So she'll have to decide for her own benefit and her own piece of mind if she's going to stick to her guns it will come at a cost.
"If she ... pleads for mercy and says I've done the wrong thing, please forgive me, then they will."
Parnell said Corby would need plenty of money from her family to ensure she stayed alive in jail and got the right food.
"The girl that is Schapelle Corby now will die in prison and the girl that comes out will be a very, very different girl," he said.
"Her heart will be different, her spirit will be different and her soul will be different."
Another couple who claim they found marijuana in their suitcase when they arrived in Bali eight years ago, also told Nine that they were angry about Corby's sentence.
Melbourne tourists, who named themselves as Steve and Dee, said they could easily imagine being in Corby's place if it weren't for the advice they received from an Australian consulate official to destroy the drugs in their bag.
"I feel a lot of anger when I look at and see Schapelle and I just think how that could have been Steve and I and I feel so sorry for her," Dee said.
Another man, Fabio Macy, told the program his mother had endured a similar experience, finding what was believed to be cocaine or speed in her bag when she returned from Bali.
He said he and his brother destroyed the three containers of white powder their mother found in her suitcase.
"If she had been searched on that particular day, she would have been done and I mean who knows what would have happened," Mr Macy said.
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4239730 - 05/31/05 10:32 AM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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Indonesian hackers attack Corby website
May 31, 2005 - australianit.news.com.au
INDONESIAN hackers are circulating virus emails about Schapelle Corby, a website publisher says.
Daniel Pocock, who created the domain www.dontshootschapelle.com and is a friend of Corby's cousin Shonnea Nicol, said the website had come under "constant attack" from hackers.
"The people circulating virus emails using our domain dontshootschapelle.com have tried to abuse the trust of the Australian people, misuse Schapelle's good name and discredit this campaign," Mr Pocock said.
"Some of the hackers have been traced to Indonesia, where computer criminals and Bali bombers walk free while Schapelle is left to rot in prison."
The website has received 696,449 hits since it was launched two weeks ago, peaking at 26,517 hits in one hour.
"These statistics are phenomenal for a single-issue campaign - many businesses don't get as many hits in a year as Schapelle gets in one hour," Mr Pocock said.
"These figures show how strongly Australians feel about the issue."
Corby, a 27-year-old Gold Coast woman, last week received a 20-year jail sentence after she was caught with 4.1kg of cannabis in her bodyboard bag at Bali airport last year.
Corby's second cousin Lyn Lack, from Jimboomba, south-west of Brisbane, said the hackers exacerbated her family's misery.
"It's pretty upsetting - we are just trying to help her," Ms Lack said.
She urged supporters to download a petition at www.dontshootschapelle.com that would be forwarded to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a bid to set Corby free.
Mr Pocock said the website would continue to weather the storm from hackers.
"Some websites have been forced to close down by these constant attacks but for every site that closes down, it appears five more will be put up," he said.
"This demonstrates the willingness of Australians to take action and not just sit around talking about Schapelle over a beer."
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4239753 - 05/31/05 10:39 AM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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I hate everyones reign for power. I wish everyone would just smoke a joint and chill out, theres too much tension and worry and paranoia. This worlds turning for the worse, and authority is only helping it.
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4242585 - 05/31/05 10:51 PM (7 years, 23 hours ago) |
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Corby lawyers formally file appeal
June 1, 2005 - theadvertiser.news.com.au
DEFENCE lawyers for convicted Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby today formally launched her appeal in Indonesia against her conviction and 20-year jail sentence.
Lawyer Lily Lubis filed preliminary papers in Denpasar District Court where Corby was found guilty last Friday of smuggling 4.1kg of cannabis into Denpasar airport last October. She was sentenced by the three judges delivering the verdict to 20 years in a Bali jail.
The defence papers simply told court authorities Corby had authorised her lawyers to mount an appeal.
Among the documents handed to the court registrar was a statement to that effect signed by Corby.
Under the Indonesian justice system, the defence team has another two and a half weeks to complete and lodge its appeal with the Bali High Court.
Appeal judges in that court then have 60 days to consider the appeal which will be challenged by prosecutors.
With the launch of Corby's appeal, the prosecution is now mounting its own appeal to have her sentence increased to life imprisonment.
Ms Lubis said she was still waiting for an official transcript of last Friday's judgment and until then could not finalise the grounds on which the defence would challenge Corby's conviction and sentence.
However, she said that among some basic points was the fact that the three-judge panel overseeing the trial had dismissed out of hand evidence and testimony given by all defence witnesses.
Ms Lubis said there were grounds to challenge the verdict on the matter of whether Corby knew there was cannabis in her body board bag when it was opened by customs staff at Bali airport last October.
The judges had been following an 1997 anti-drugs law which had left this question of intent ambiguous but Ms Lubis said she had expert legal advice suggesting the judges should have established whether Corby knew as general legal principle.
At the weekend, the defence team brought in two Perth QCs, Tom Percy and Mark Trowell, as consultants.
Today a legal adviser in the Indonesian team, Vasu Rasiah, said it was now searching for a heavyweight lawyer in Jakarta to also help.
An Indonesian academic law expert would also be recruited as the defence explores several avenues of appeal, both legal and constitutional, and hopes new evidence comes to light.
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Re: Schapelle Corby trial updates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: veggie]
#4242607 - 05/31/05 10:56 PM (7 years, 23 hours ago) |
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*troll*
Edited by Seuss (06/01/05 03:56 AM)
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4242927 - 06/01/05 12:48 AM (7 years, 21 hours ago) |
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Indonesian embassy in Australia closed
June 1, 2005 - seven.com.au
An envelope containing a biological agent has been sent to the Indonesian embassy in Canberra in an apparent reprisal for Schapelle Corby's jailing in Bali.
The embassy has been shut down and its 22 staff will remain in isolation for at least 48 hours after the envelope tested positive for an as-yet unidentified biological agent.
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer condemned whoever had sent the package and said it would not help Corby's case.
"Further analysis of the powder has tested positive as a biological agent so further testing will need to be carried out to find out what that substance actually is," Mr Downer told parliament.
"As such there is a possibility that the Indonesian embassy will need to be shut down for quite some period of time and the 22 staff will remain in isolation for the next 48 hours."
Fire, ambulance and police officers raced to the embassy after staff discovered the package about 10.30am (AEST) on Wednesday.
Staff were ordered to stay inside while a sample was taken away for testing, an Australian Federal Police (AFP) spokesman said.
When AAP contacted an embassy staff member by phone, the worker said staff had not been told of the initial test results revealing the presence of a biological agent.
Nor had they been told staff would be kept at the embassy for 48 hours, the worker said.
Mr Downer pleaded with the Australian public to stop attacking Indonesia over Corby's 20 year jail sentence for drug trafficking, handed down in Denpasar last week.
Talkback radio has been swamped by angry callers and some aid agencies have reported calls from donors to the Boxing Day tsunami asking for their money back.
Others have called for a boycott of travel to the archipelago.
"I know a lot of people in Australia are upset by the Corby verdict," Mr Downer said as he revealed the incident at the embassy.
But denigrating Australia's northern neighbour would not help, he said.
"To continually attack Indonesia and denigrate its institutions and leaders will build up a good deal of anti-Australian sentiment in Indonesia and it will make it very difficult to conclude (prisoner transfer) agreements of this kind, particularly through public institutions like the Indonesian parliament."
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley slammed those who sent the package to the embassy.
"This is a disgraceful act, to be condemned by all Australians," he said.
"It's very necessary, I think, to learn from this, that people should view the circumstances now surrounding the particular case which may have generated this with a bit of calm, dispassion and commonsense.
"There is no doubt at all that this is a very serious thing to have happened."
Mr Beazley said if it proved to be a dangerous biological agent, it would be the first time in Australia that this had occurred.
"There should be absolutely no doubt in the public mind that the house is of a combined and united view that this sort of outrageous behaviour must not be encouraged, an atmosphere which encourages it must not be sustained," he said.
Wednesday's incident followed death threats made last month to the Indonesian embassy in Canberra, and the sending of bullets to the Indonesian consulate in Perth in April.
Both incidents were linked to the Corby case.
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4243702 - 06/01/05 09:32 AM (7 years, 12 hours ago) |
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Indonesia condemns attack on its embassy
Prime Minister John Howard apologises
June 1, 2005 - abcasiapacific.com
Indonesia has condemned as "cowardly" a threat to its embassy in the Australian capital, Canberra.
However, foreign ministry spokesman, Marty Natalagewa, says Indonesia will not allow the incident to affect the relationship between the two countries.
The embassy has been evacuated and staff placed in isolation after a biological agent was sent to the mission in an envelope.
The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, says the powder mailed to the embassy is a type of bacillus bacteria, the same family that contains the anthrax bacteria.
Police are testing the powder.
Mr Howard says it would be a remarkable co-incidence if the incident was not related to the 20-year jail sentence given to Australian Schappelle Corby by an Indonesian court, following her conviction for smuggling drugs into Bali.
"If it is, can I say to those responsible you will not achieve your objective," he said.
"Quite apart from the murderous criminality of doing something like this, and the indifference and contempt for human life that it displays, it won't achieve the objective, it will have the opposite effect."
Mr Natalagewa says Indonesia will step up security at its diplomatic missions in Australia but will not close them down.
"Some individual perhaps think that by doing so we will be intimidated into a certain course of action, but on the contrary," he said.
"This sort of act I think is cowardly, it is irresponsible and it certainly doesn't reflect what Australia is all about and what Australia continues to be all about in terms of its government, in terms of its people, of which we have a great sense of close relationship with."
Mr Howard has apologised to Indonesia over the incident.
"This is a deeply distressing incident it is quite appalling and I condemn it unreservedly," he said.
The Foreign Affairs Minister, Alexander Downer, has telephoned his Indonesian counterpart to express Australia's concern.
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4244527 - 06/01/05 01:49 PM (7 years, 8 hours ago) |
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Maybe not the best way to go about it, but i'll just turn my head and act like i didn't see it. 
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Re: Schapelle Corby.her dumb fuck lawyers refused d.n.a testing on inside of plastic bag!see the age [Re: veggie]
#4245406 - 06/01/05 05:19 PM (7 years, 4 hours ago) |
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see "the age "re d.n.a testing refusal by inbreed advertising hungry lawyers.they refused q.c's assistance see the age 28/05 29/05 get your facts straight.if your dumb enough to take it in.......her looks are gunna get her shot re;embassy shit poor dumb blonde/brown let this be a lesson kiddos take it easy .everyone knows the asians love pinching wasp tourists .the poor bitch.the lure of the lucre
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Re: Schapelle Corby.her dumb fuck lawyers refused d.n.a testing on inside of plastic bag!see the age [Re: qwerty]
#4246047 - 06/01/05 08:29 PM (7 years, 1 hour ago) |
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4246240 - 06/01/05 09:34 PM (7 years, 40 minutes ago) |
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Embassy parcel 'was no threat'
June 2, 2005 - seven.com.au
The bacteria sent in a suspicious package to the Indonesian embassy in Canberra is not believed to be dangerous, police say.
"It looks very unlikely that the substance contains any bacteria of any significant pathological significance," ACT chief police officer John Davies told reporters.
Mr Davies said the findings were revealed in an interim report and an investigation into the incident is ongoing.
"The sending of that particular letter was designed to cause major disruption and instil fear," he told reporters.
Mr Davies said a team of investigators was working in Victoria on the case and being assisted by Victorian police.
The government has confirmed the suspect letter was sent from Victoria with an accompanying note written in Indonesian.
Prime Minister John Howard earlier refused to detail the contents of the letter but said he had no reason not to believe the attack was linked to Corby's conviction for drug smuggling in Bali.
Mr Davies said he was not sure if final test results would be available on Thursday.
He would not speculate on the motive behind the threat but said the Schapelle Corby case could not be ruled out.
Meanwhile, Labor says Australia's relationship with Indonesia is strong enough to survive the fallout from the incident in Canberra.
Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd said he had spoken to Indonesian Ambassador Imron Cotan, who reported embassy staff were in "good spirits".
Mr Rudd said the incident was not likely to ruin relations between the two countries.
"There is a degree of depth and balance to this relationship now (between the two countries) that I think it can sustain these sorts of problems and challenges when they arise," Mr Rudd told ABC radio.
But Mr Rudd said some people would always be critical of Australia.
"There are folk in Jakarta both in politics and the press who will always whack Australia for good reason or for bad," he said.
"The problem with this (incident) ... it simply provides them an opportunity to whack a bit harder."
Mr Rudd complimented the Howard government's handling of the incident, saying Labor would not play opposition politics.
"I think Foreign Minister (Alexander Downer) and the prime minister have handled it entirely appropriately so far," he said.
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Re: Schapelle Corby Found Guilty [Re: veggie]
#4246508 - 06/01/05 11:02 PM (6 years, 11 months ago) |
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Regardless of guilt, the media have ignited the Australian population through sensationalist journalism. There whole coverage of the Corby case has been to gain a few extra ratings points. What has happened to unemotive, impartial, facts-driven journalism. Frankly, I am starting to trust journalists as much as politicians. We need to re-establish faith in this incredibly influential industry. I propose boycotting Channel 9 for their appallingly irresponsible, emotional reporting. I believe they must be made accountable for their coverage, which has created an environment where an individual in Australia believes in undertaking a terrorist act against the Indonesian embassy. We have lost the moral high ground, and have undermined any good faith we developed in Asia since the Tsunami. If you agree with bringing back accountability and responsibility to the Australian journalistic profession, please visit http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Channel9Boycott
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Re: Schapelle Corby Found Guilty [Re: Bendavis2005]
#4247030 - 06/02/05 04:04 AM (6 years, 11 months ago) |
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> Frankly, I am starting to trust journalists as much as politicians.
You are just now figuring this out? Welcome to the brave new world... 
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4247995 - 06/02/05 11:43 AM (6 years, 11 months ago) |
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Australia bracing for backlash
June 2, 2005 - theaustralian.news.com.au
AUSTRALIA is bracing for a backlash as Prime Minister John Howard warned the nation's reputation had been damaged by the terror threat targeting the Indonesian embassy in Canberra.
As he revealed bacteria sent in an abusive letter to the embassy was unlikely to be harmful, Mr Howard said the act was one of evil that had done deplorable damage to the perception of Australia in Indonesia.
A water cannon has been set up outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta and security is being reviewed amid fears extremists will seek revenge.
Indonesian authorities have also promised to boost security for Schapelle Corby at her Bali jail after the terror threat was linked to community outrage over the 20-year jail term she received for drug smuggling.
Tests continued today on bacteria detected in a powder sent with the letter, which was posted from Victoria after Corby's sentencing last Friday.
The incident sparked a security shutdown at the site, forcing about 50 staff to be quarantined before decontamination experts were called in to process them.
Tests have shown the bacteria is not anthrax – which caused at least four deaths in a terror campaign in the United States shortly after the September 11 attacks.
Mr Howard said the letter, which was written in Indonesian, appeared to be linked to Corby's 20-year jail sentence for drug smuggling.
"It's hard to escape the belief that there was a connection, let's put it that way," Mr Howard said.
He said there was a chance that terrorists could hit Australian interests in Indonesia in revenge for the intimidatory action.
The Australian embassy in Jakarta was hit by a car bomb last September, killing nine Indonesians.
"Insofar as possible retaliatory action in Indonesia is concerned, there is always a danger of that," Mr Howard told Parliament.
"Just as we cannot guarantee that a random act of stupidity with an evil intent from amongst our 20 million people will not occur, equally I cannot expect a guarantee from the Indonesian Government that some evil act of retaliation will not occur in that country."
The fallout from the incident is already being felt.
Indonesian legislator Joko Susilo, who sits on Indonesia's House Foreign Affairs Committee, today urged his Government to issue travel warnings advising Indonesians not to travel to Australia.
Vice-President Jusuf Kalla rejected the call, despite Mr Susilo warning the incident proved Australians were capable of committing their own acts of terrorism.
Three Indonesian National Police officers and an Indonesian agriculture ministry official have joined the hunt for the hoaxer, who could face up to 10 years in jail for the crime.
"The sending of that particular letter was designed to cause major disruption and instil fear," ACT chief police officer John Davies told reporters.
Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd meanwhile visited Indonesian ambassador Imron Cotan today and said the relationship between the two countries was strong enough to survive the fallout from the incident.
But he said some people would always be critical of Australia.
"There are folk in Jakarta both in politics and the press who will always whack Australia for good reason or for bad," Mr Rudd told ABC radio.
"The problem with this (incident) ... it simply provides them an opportunity to whack a bit harder."
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer described the letter as abusive and said it was "more likely than not" linked to the Corby case.
"My plea to Australians is really, whatever you think about the Schapelle Corby case ... to remember that abusing and denigrating Indonesia is not likely to be helpful," Mr Downer said.
"A whole lot of invective and abuse of Indonesia is just going to get their backs up."
Mr Howard dampened suggestions the incident would cause lasting damage to bilateral relations between the countries.
"I think it's important that we don't throw up our arms in horror and say the relationship is destroyed," he said.
The Government is reviewing security for Australian diplomats and staff in Indonesia and is promising to upgrade it if necessary.
A parliamentary delegation will meet senior Indonesian ministers next week to express Australia's regret.
Corby's legal adviser Vasu Rasiah said nothing positive had or could come from the threat.
"She (Corby) is very upset because it is all not positive, this can't help the case or help Australians or help Indonesians," he said.
"Whichever way you look at this incident, it is a negative incident, there is not one positive impact."
The terror scare made headlines across Indonesia, with Jawa Pos Daily News reporting that Indonesia's embassy had been terrorised by anthrax in the wake of Corby's 20-year sentence for trafficking 4.1kg of marijuana.
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
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Suspicious White Powder Mailed to Australian Minister
June 3, 2005 - LA Times
CANBERRA, Australia - A suspicious powder was found today in a package addressed to the foreign minister, but a government laboratory analysis "found it does not contain any dangerous materials," the Australian Federal Police said in a statement.
The package contained white powder and arrived two days after a mysterious powder was sent to the Indonesian embassy in Canberra, forcing it to close for two days.
The embassy scare follows a backlash over the 20-year sentencing of an Australian woman in Bali for smuggling drugs.
The loading dock at Parliament House was temporarily shut after the package was discovered during a routine screening, Department of Parliamentary Service head Hilary Penfold said in a statement.
"The package was addressed to the minister for foreign affairs and trade, the Hon. Alexander Downer," she said. "With the authorization of the intended recipient, the package was opened in a secure area and found to contain a sealed plastic bag of white powder."
Firefighters took the substance to the laboratory.
Police said the staffer who came into contact with the powder underwent a precautionary decontamination procedure.
The security scare followed the closure of the nearby Indonesian Embassy on Wednesday because of a suspicious powder found in a parcel sent to the ambassador.
A preliminary report found that substance was probably harmless.
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4251127 - 06/03/05 12:38 AM (6 years, 11 months ago) |
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Bombings planned at Jakarta hotels, warns US
June 3, 2005 - news.com.au
The US says extremists are planning to bomb the lobbies of Jakarta hotels in attacks targeting westerners.
The warning, posted on the website of the US embassy in Jakarta today, said the bombings were to happen around noon on an unspecified date.
"There is no additional information on the timing for the attack(s), or the method of attack," the warning said.
The US told its citizens in Indonesia to register with its Jakarta embassy or its missions in Surabaya in East Java province and Bali.
The US reopened its diplomatic offices in Indonesia just three days ago after shutting them last week because of a security threat.
Security experts said website tips on the best ways to attack the US embassy in Jakarta and movements by violent Islamic groups were factors in the closures.
A militant web site had suggested that firing a grenade into the Jakarta embassy would be more practical than a suicide bomber trying to get inside the facility, which is protected by walls, wire, concrete barriers and armed guards.
Indonesian police had linked Jemaah Islamiah, a group seen as the regional arm of al-Qaeda, to the website.
Attacks against western targets blamed on Jemaah Islamiah include blasts at Bali nightclubs in October 2002 that killed 202 people, and one last September outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta that killed up to 11.
Australian diplomats in Jakarta are bracing for a violent backlash. The Australian embassy in Jakarta is already on heightened alert following the posting of an abusive letter and white powder to the Indonesian embassy in Canberra.
The incident followed the sentencing last week of Gold Coast woman Schapelle Corby to 20 years in prison for drug-smuggling after her trial in a Bali court.
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4251829 - 06/03/05 09:21 AM (6 years, 11 months ago) |
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Looks like this is turning into something much bigger! Holy shit...now why would Indonesia want be in an offensive position, after THEY sentenced Corby to 20 years. Meh
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4252106 - 06/03/05 11:19 AM (6 years, 11 months ago) |
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This whole thing makes me incredibly angry and sad. I don't even know what to say about such ignorance. Regardless of whether she was set up or not, no one should go to jail for taking fucking pieces of plant on an airplane.
This world is utterly, hopelessly insane.
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Re: Schapelle Corby [Re: veggie]
#4252253 - 06/03/05 12:12 PM (6 years, 11 months ago) |
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Fight to free Corby switches back to Australia
June 4, 2005 - smh.com.au
Schapelle Corby's legal battle moves to Australia this weekend as her defence team officially joins forces with the QCs provided by the Federal Government to help prepare an appeal against her drug-smuggling conviction.
The Corby team has a little over a week to complete the appeal and yesterday announced a publicity ban, saying the relentless public interest in the case was drawing too much time and energy from the defence effort.
An adviser, Vasu Rasiah, flew to Perth yesterday to brief three QCs: Tom Percy, Mark Trowell and Jonathan Davies. The barristers have been offered to Corby by the Australian Government.
Mr Rasiah said Corby's Gold Coast lawyer, Robin Tampoe, and her financial backer, Ron Bakir, would also be asked to join the weekend discussions in Perth. Corby was jailed for 20 years on May 27, but preparation of the appeal has been delayed because there was no written copy of the judgement available.
Her defence team got the documents only late on Thursday, and they still have to be translated into English. Mr Rasiah said he would provide the Perth QCs with copies of the ruling, as well as the defence and prosecution closing statements.
The Australian lawyers, Corby's Indonesian team, and a top legal firm from Jakarta, Hotman Paris, would then spend the week preparing the appeal. It would be fine-tuned next weekend before being lodged with the Bali High Court by the June 14 deadline, Mr Rasiah said.
Mr Rasiah said Corby was "absolutely shocked" when told of the scare at the Indonesian embassy in Canberra, and asked her defence team to say on her behalf: "If it's an Australian, please refrain from doing those things."
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Corby protesters call for death sentence
June 4, 2005 - theage.com.au
About 40 people picketed in Jakarta today to demand the death sentence for Australian woman Schapelle Corby, in jail for drug trafficking in Bali.
The protesters also condemned a security scare at the Indonesian embassy in Canberra.
A powder sent to the embassy on Wednesday sparked fears of an anthrax attack and was linked to outrage in Australia over Corby's 20 year jail term for trafficking marijuana.
Carrying signs reading "Corby, drug dealer, must die", the protesters outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta urged the Bali courts to reject her appeal and sentence her to death, as allowed under Indonesian law.
Another placard read, "Intervention no! Australia is supplier of drugs".
A leader of the protest, Beathor Suryadi, said the feared attack on the embassy "deeply pains" many Indonesians.
"What happened in Canberra is an insult to our integrity," he told the crowd.
The embassy was closed and isolated for two days after white powder spilled from a letter addressed to ambassador Imron Cotan. It resumed activities on Friday.
Australian police said the powder contained a bacteria belonging to the same family that hosts the deadly disease anthrax but it was harmless.
Construction work is still under way at the Australian embassy in Jakarta eight months after a suicide bomber killed nine people outside the mission last September.
Protection at the mission has been heightened since the attack, which was blamed on the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah organisation.
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