Posts Tagged ‘indonesia’
New Corby lawyer working on clemency bid
December 21st, 2009
Imprisoned drug smuggler Schapelle Corby will spend her sixth Christmas behind bars in Kerobokan Jail in Bali, Indonesia, as her family claims she is not mentally fit.
Lawyers representing Corby are not working on a new campaign to seek clemency or having her sentence cut.
Corby’s sister, Mercedes, has claimed that Schapelle ...
AFP officers sent to Indonesia for people smuggling crackdown
September 25th, 2009
An Australian-led force has been deployed to Indonesia in an attempt to curb the number of illegal immigrants seeking asylum in Australia.
The Government has funded the campaign which has seen145 Indonesian officers trained and equipped by the Australian Federal Police.
The force has been send to12 key people smuggling points in ...
Increase in Aussie deaths overseas
September 7th, 2009
A link has been drawn between the number of Australian deaths overseas and the increasing number of people taking advantage of cheap international flights, with Thailand the destination where most travellers died.
Figures from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade figures show that deaths overseas jumped up from 994 in ...