schapelle corby and the bali nine
my god, i cant take it- this whole Schapelle Corby case is just atrocious. I firmly believe she is NOT guilty, yet she will very likely be put away for life for a crime she didn't committ. I dont know much about the law and I know even little about the Bali legal system, but I dont understand how this can happen.
Are you all familiar with this case? If not, google her name. Or click here, here, here, here, or here for a few articles about it.
Last October, Schapelle Corby (27 years old or so) was travelling over to Bali from Australia. I think she went from Brisbane to Sydney and then Sydney to Bali. When she arrived Bali, customs found 4.2kg (9.2 pounds) of marijuana in her boogy board case. All footage of the seize shows a bag of pot the size of a fucking pillow case just placed inside her boogy board bag. Not fucking well hidden at all. No effort had been made to conceal it AT ALL.
Straight away Corby claimed she was innocent, she didn't know it was there. I think there was a bit of a fuck around on the behalf of the Bali police.
So Schapelle checked her luggage in at Brisbane and it would have automatically connected to her Bali flight in Sydney- she changes flights, the luggage is just looked after and transferred automatically.
What has since been 'revealed'.... or claimed, is that luggage handlers are shipping drugs between brisbane and sydney by means of passengers checked luggage. Someone shoved the 4.2kg bag of pot in her boogy board bag and someone was supposed to remove it in Sydney... however they didn't, and the bag ended up on its way to Bali with the marjuana bag still inside. Schapelle was the unsuspecting victim of a local botched drug smuggling operation.
Of course this is totally and utterly fucked. Bali has harsh ways of dealing with drug smuggling...... the fucking death penalty!
Up until this week, its been assumed that Schapelle will be charged the death penalty. HOwever this week the Prosecuters announced that because she has been so co-operative and has had no previous drug charges they will only be going for life sentence and a fine.
Unlike Australia, Bali trials do not involve a Jury... only a judge. The prosecutors have criticised and ignored all the evidence the defense has brought up. Anyway you can read all the facts on the many many MANY news articles about it.
I fully do not believe she is guilty. The huge bag was just lying there, not concealed at all. She would have to be the world's stupiest drug smuggler to think she could get away with it. Its too outrageously stupid, its too far fetched to believe she is guilty.
AND NOW, the whole Bali nine case. Again, you can read up about it if you google it. 9 young australian men were busted trying to smuggle heroin OUT of Bali, back to australia. They had it strapped to their bodies. now THEY are guilty. The Bali police/government have said they will make an example out of Schapelle to show the world that Bali is not a drug haven for tourists. But now they have these 9 fuckwits, MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF THEM! THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY GUILTY! dont make an example out of a girl that you cannot prove is 100% guilty. How can they even think about a death sentence or now, life imprisonment when they cannot prove she was guilty, beyond ALL REASONABLE DOUBT?!??!?!
The Bali 9 had the drugs TAPED TO THEIR BODIES. THEY ARE GUILTY!
argh it just seems so ridiculous. I dont usually follow the news at all, its just all too depressing, but from what I've heard/seen about the whole Bali/drugs cases, it seems so unfair.
Are you all familiar with this case? If not, google her name. Or click here, here, here, here, or here for a few articles about it.
Last October, Schapelle Corby (27 years old or so) was travelling over to Bali from Australia. I think she went from Brisbane to Sydney and then Sydney to Bali. When she arrived Bali, customs found 4.2kg (9.2 pounds) of marijuana in her boogy board case. All footage of the seize shows a bag of pot the size of a fucking pillow case just placed inside her boogy board bag. Not fucking well hidden at all. No effort had been made to conceal it AT ALL.
Straight away Corby claimed she was innocent, she didn't know it was there. I think there was a bit of a fuck around on the behalf of the Bali police.
So Schapelle checked her luggage in at Brisbane and it would have automatically connected to her Bali flight in Sydney- she changes flights, the luggage is just looked after and transferred automatically.
What has since been 'revealed'.... or claimed, is that luggage handlers are shipping drugs between brisbane and sydney by means of passengers checked luggage. Someone shoved the 4.2kg bag of pot in her boogy board bag and someone was supposed to remove it in Sydney... however they didn't, and the bag ended up on its way to Bali with the marjuana bag still inside. Schapelle was the unsuspecting victim of a local botched drug smuggling operation.
Of course this is totally and utterly fucked. Bali has harsh ways of dealing with drug smuggling...... the fucking death penalty!
Up until this week, its been assumed that Schapelle will be charged the death penalty. HOwever this week the Prosecuters announced that because she has been so co-operative and has had no previous drug charges they will only be going for life sentence and a fine.
Unlike Australia, Bali trials do not involve a Jury... only a judge. The prosecutors have criticised and ignored all the evidence the defense has brought up. Anyway you can read all the facts on the many many MANY news articles about it.
I fully do not believe she is guilty. The huge bag was just lying there, not concealed at all. She would have to be the world's stupiest drug smuggler to think she could get away with it. Its too outrageously stupid, its too far fetched to believe she is guilty.
AND NOW, the whole Bali nine case. Again, you can read up about it if you google it. 9 young australian men were busted trying to smuggle heroin OUT of Bali, back to australia. They had it strapped to their bodies. now THEY are guilty. The Bali police/government have said they will make an example out of Schapelle to show the world that Bali is not a drug haven for tourists. But now they have these 9 fuckwits, MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF THEM! THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY GUILTY! dont make an example out of a girl that you cannot prove is 100% guilty. How can they even think about a death sentence or now, life imprisonment when they cannot prove she was guilty, beyond ALL REASONABLE DOUBT?!??!?!
The Bali 9 had the drugs TAPED TO THEIR BODIES. THEY ARE GUILTY!
argh it just seems so ridiculous. I dont usually follow the news at all, its just all too depressing, but from what I've heard/seen about the whole Bali/drugs cases, it seems so unfair.
9 Comments:
At April 22, 2005 4:08 PM, Sammie said…
All I can say and repeat what Heather said on her blog a little while ago, who the hell is going to goto Bali after this? Say goodbye to tourism!
I just get so annoyed with that case because here we are giving them 1 billion dollars helping them out and the idonesians are so fucken stupid and really evil people in my mind and not letting all the truth be heard and considered.
arghargh!
At April 22, 2005 4:37 PM, TJay said…
Your damn fucken right its unfair. What about that Ali Imron mother fucker that helped the Bali bombings. He was sentenced to death but got away with gaol because the judge said he looked remorseful. Now this fuckwit is being let out for day trips to Starbucks even though he has been convicted for the death of over 200 people. Look at this article. I've even read news reports that the master mind of the bombings, Amrozi, has been trying to appeal his death sentence because its too harsh.
Now poor Schapelle, rotting away in prison with no such excursions, and facing death for something she really couldn't have done in the first place. How the fuck can they say this is fair and even handed justice. How are they making these judgements, when someone like Schapelle can be made an example of for something no more serious than corrupting impressionable young minds? How can this be compared to killing 200? That's what this sentence amounts to.
It just shits me no end.
At April 22, 2005 5:49 PM, Anonymous said…
You have to realise that a lot of what you hear in the mass media is sensationalised and generalised.
There are lots of intricate details of these cases that are too complicated to report in a 60-second news package.
I'm a journalist and have been researching both these cases quite extensively. I don't want to go into details here, but I would encourage you not to believe every thing you hear.
At April 23, 2005 8:39 AM, reanon said…
omg you mean the media hypes things up? the media sensationalising stories? NEVER!!!! i can't believe EVERYTHING i hear? omg what will i do?
dickhead...
so mr super duper special journalist who MUST know so much more than every other 'common' person, what does your secret important research prove? that corby really is a pot smoking hippy and deserves to spend her life in a bali prison? or that somehow the bali 9 are actually innocent- someone else musta strapped that heroin to their bodies, it wasn't them!!!!
i'm not a complete retard- i realize the media doesnt always give 100% of the facts, i know you cannot believe everything you hear. so take your fucking condescending attitude and go the fuck away. cunt.
At April 23, 2005 12:20 PM, Rach said…
I'm backing you 100% on this one, Rhi. I totally agree, and Jesus it makes me sad and angry as hell.
At April 24, 2005 5:03 AM, prairiedog said…
Right on Rhi!!!!!!!!It's fucking terrible, hypocritical bastards. There was a movie once,"Hotel Bangkok" maybe? A girl is charged along with her friends, they're executed and she escapes, in Thailand or Vietnam maybe...I can't remember...what a movie...
At April 24, 2005 7:20 AM, Anonymous said…
Rhi I see ur point in yes it is harsh but I reckon she is guilty I think ok maybe she doesn't desrve to die but hey she knew the risk!
At April 24, 2005 7:23 AM, rhiannon said…
besides being unable to speak the language, this is a big reason i really have no desire to travel to non-english speaking countries.
At April 29, 2005 1:05 PM, Anonymous said…
I love how since this all hit the news everyone have turned into criminal law experts.
Make me think twice about securing my luggage when I go overseas next.
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