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JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Indonesian government on Friday granted parole to an Australian woman whose conviction in 2005 for smuggling drugs into the Indonesian resort island of Bali caused a diplomatic row between the two nations and public outrage in her home country.JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Indonesian government on Friday granted parole to an Australian woman whose conviction in 2005 for smuggling drugs into the Indonesian resort island of Bali caused a diplomatic row between the two nations and public outrage in her home country.
Schapelle Corby, 36, has been serving a 20-year sentence for smuggling 9 pounds of marijuana into Bali, but received remissions for good behavior and a five-year sentence reduction by Indonesia’s president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, making her eligible for early release. Schapelle Corby, 36, has been serving a 20-year sentence for smuggling nine pounds of marijuana into Bali, but received remissions for good behavior and a five-year sentence reduction by Indonesia’s president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, making her eligible for early release.
Ms. Corby, a former student beautician, was arrested after landing at Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport in October 2004, but she maintained her innocence, saying the large bag of drugs found in her possession had been planted in her bag. Young, attractive and possessing strong speaking skills, Ms. Corby gave teary-eyed jailhouse statements made her a cause célèbre in Australia, igniting a media frenzy and prompting angry reactions by many Australians against their Southeast Asian neighbor. Ms. Corby, a former student beautician, was arrested after landing at Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport in October 2004, but she maintained her innocence, saying the large bag of drugs found in her possession had been planted in her bag. Young, attractive and possessing strong speaking skills, Ms. Corby gave teary-eyed jailhouse statements that made her a cause célèbre in Australia, igniting a media frenzy and prompting angry reactions by many Australians against their Southeast Asian neighbor.
Indonesia’s justice minister, Amir Syamsuddin, told a news conference in Jakarta on Friday afternoon that Ms. Corby was one of several inmates who were granted parole, and that she would be freed as soon as a letter of release arrived on Bali — which is expected to happen within the next few days.Indonesia’s justice minister, Amir Syamsuddin, told a news conference in Jakarta on Friday afternoon that Ms. Corby was one of several inmates who were granted parole, and that she would be freed as soon as a letter of release arrived on Bali — which is expected to happen within the next few days.