INDONESIA: The sister of convicted Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby thanks the Indonesian government after authorities cut five years from her jail sentence

Record ID: 860281

  • Title: INDONESIA: The sister of convicted Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby thanks the Indonesian government after authorities cut five years from her jail sentence
  • Date: 24th May 2012
  • Summary: DENPASAR, BALI PROVINCE, INDONESIA (MAY 23, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF KEROBOKAN PRISON SCHAPELLE CORBY'S SISTER, MERCEDES CORBY WALKING TO KEROBOKAN PRISON MEDIA SURROUNDING MERCEDES CORBY (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) SCHAPELLE'S CORBY SISTER, MERCEDES CORBY, SAYING: "I would like to say thank you to Mr. President (Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono) and..yes...I have nothing more to say." KEROBOKAN PRISON MERCEDES CORBY WALKING TOWARDS DOOR PEOPLE GATHERED AT FRONT DESK OF PRISON MERCEDES CORBY SPEAKING TO OFFICER
  • Embargoed: 8th June 2012 13:00
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  • Story Text: The sister of Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby thanked the Indonesian government on Wednesday (May 23) after authorities shortened her 20-year jail sentence by five years.
    Former beauty therapist Corby was caught with about 4 kg (9 lb) of cannabis in a surfboard bag at Denpasar airport in 2004 and has lodged a clemency appeal against her sentence of which she has served seven years.
    Indonesian's government on Tuesday (May 22) said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed the order cutting the sentence two days ago.
    Corby's sister welcomed the decision.
    "I would like to say thank you to Mr. President (Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono) and...yes...I have nothing more to say," Corby's sister Mercedes said on Wednesday, who lives in Bali with her husband.
    She then visited her sister in prison along with several relatives and friends.
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