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| Schapelle Corby parole application to be considered within three days | Schapelle Corby parole application to be considered within three days |
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| Indonesia’s justice minister, Amir Syamsuddin, has told local press he has received Corby’s parole application and will decide whether to grant her freedom in the next three days meaning she could walk out of jail in the next few weeks. | |
| Corby has served almost nine years of a 20-year sentence in Kerobokan jail after being found guilty of attempting to smuggle 4.2kg of marijuana into Bali in 2004. | Corby has served almost nine years of a 20-year sentence in Kerobokan jail after being found guilty of attempting to smuggle 4.2kg of marijuana into Bali in 2004. |
| Prime minister Tony Abbott said he was not going to be drawn in on a conversation about whether her sentence was fair. | Prime minister Tony Abbott said he was not going to be drawn in on a conversation about whether her sentence was fair. |
| “This is ultimately a matter for the Indonesian justice system, obviously the Indonesian justice system is a little different to ours but it’s theirs and Australians who go to Indonesia are inevitably going to be subject to their justice system, just as Indonesians who come to Australia are subject to our justice system,” he told reporters in Adelaide. | “This is ultimately a matter for the Indonesian justice system, obviously the Indonesian justice system is a little different to ours but it’s theirs and Australians who go to Indonesia are inevitably going to be subject to their justice system, just as Indonesians who come to Australia are subject to our justice system,” he told reporters in Adelaide. |
| “Generally speaking, the less said about consular cases the better, so let’s see what the system produces.” | “Generally speaking, the less said about consular cases the better, so let’s see what the system produces.” |
| Her latest parole application has been making its way through Indonesia’s legal system since the middle of last year with many positive signs including the Indonesian government issuing her with a passport. | |
| The Indonesian immigration department has already approved Corby to serve out her sentence in her sister's Kuta home. | The Indonesian immigration department has already approved Corby to serve out her sentence in her sister's Kuta home. |
| Since her incarceration she has had a little over two years remission removed from her sentence. | Since her incarceration she has had a little over two years remission removed from her sentence. |
| Corby had a closed-door parole hearing in Bali last week. | Corby had a closed-door parole hearing in Bali last week. |