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Beyond Schapelle Corby: ten more Australians imprisoned abroad Beyond Schapelle Corby: ten more Australians imprisoned abroad
(7 months later)
Charlotte Charlotte Chou
Chou A Chinese Australian national, Chou was an entrepreneur jailed for eight years in China for embezzlement. She received a three-year sentence reduction and is expected to be released in December of this year, but still proclaims her innocence.
A Chinese Australian national, Chou was an Controversy surrounds the case with Ms Chou’s supporters saying a fight with a rival business partner led to her being set up, and bribes were paid to authorities for her to languish in jail.
entrepreneur jailed for eight years in China for embezzlement. She received a She has now lost the successful private university she established - the South China Institute of Software Engineering.
three-year sentence reduction and is expected to be released in December of The Australian government were watching her case with interest after she was initially held in detention for a long period of time before a verdict was reached.
this year, but still proclaims her innocence. Jock Palfreeman
Controversy surrounds the case with Ms Chou’s The 26 year-old Sydney man is imprisoned in Sofia Central Prison after being found guilty of murder and hooliganism in 2009.
supporters saying a fight with a rival business partner led to her being set Palfreeman has always claimed he was coming to the aid to a gypsy youth that was being attacked, and he acted in self-defence.
up, and bribes were paid to authorities for her to languish in jail. He was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, and after almost six years in the notoriously run-down jail, he was denied a request to transfer to a prison in Australia.
She has now lost the successful private university The victim’s father, a Bulgarian government MP, has vowed to stop any moves for a transfer.
she established - the South China Institute of Software Engineering. In the last two years Palfreeman has established Bulgaria’s first ever prisoners’ union and is agitating for prisoner rights.
The Australian government were watching her case
with interest after she was initially held in detention for a long period of
time before a verdict was reached.
Jock
Palfreeman
The 26 year-old Sydney man is imprisoned in Sofia
Central Prison after being found guilty of murder and hooliganism in 2009.
Palfreeman has always claimed he was coming to the
aid to a gypsy youth that was being attacked, and he acted in self-defence.
He was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, and
after almost six years in the notoriously run-down jail, he was denied a
request to transfer to a prison in Australia.
The victim’s father, a Bulgarian government MP, has
vowed to stop any moves for a transfer.
In the last two years Palfreeman has established
Bulgaria’s first ever prisoners’ union and is agitating for prisoner rights.
Michael SacatidesMichael Sacatides
Caught at Bali’s international Caught at Bali’s international airport with 1.7kg of methamphetamine (ice) concealed in a hidden compartment in his suitcase, the 45-year-old from Wentworthville in Sydney’s west is now being held in Corby’s alma mater - Kerobokan jail.
airport with 1.7kg of methamphetamine (ice) concealed in a hidden compartment Convicted of drug smuggling, Sacatides was sentenced to 18 years in 2011.
in his suitcase, the 45-year-old from Wentworthville in Sydney’s west is now He was working as a kickboxing instructor in Thailand prior to his arrest. He made news in Australia last year after a “kickboxing injury” landed him in a Bali hospital.
being held in Corby’s alma mater - Kerobokan jail. According to a report in the Australian, the governor of Kerobokan called the injury “karma”.
Convicted of drug smuggling, “He likes to practice boxing. Even one time, our podium was damaged because he punched it,” the prison governor told AAP.
Sacatides was sentenced to 18 years in 2011.
He was working as a kickboxing
instructor in Thailand prior to his arrest.
He made news in Australia last year after a “kickboxing injury” landed
him in a Bali hospital.
According to a report in the
Australian, the governor of Kerobokan called the injury “karma”.
“He likes to practice boxing. Even
one time, our podium was damaged because he punched it,” the prison governor
told AAP.
Stern HuStern Hu
The 50 year-old Chinese Australian national The 50 year-old Chinese Australian national is serving ten years in a Chinese prison after being convicted of stealing commercial secrets and receiving bribes.
is serving ten years in a Chinese prison after being convicted of stealing An Australian citizen since 1994, Hu was working as an executive of Rio Tinto mining group in Shanghai prior to his trial.
commercial secrets and receiving bribes. Hu and three Chinese staff were found guilty of accepting bribes totalling about $14m.
An Australian citizen since 1994, Hu Rio Tinto sacked the four employees saying it did not condone corruption, while the Australian government weighed into the case, with then foreign minister Stephen Smith describing the sentence as “tough”.
was working as an executive of Rio Tinto Australian diplomats were excluded from the trial.
mining group in Shanghai prior to his trial.
Hu and three Chinese staff were
found guilty of accepting bribes totalling about $14m.
Rio Tinto sacked the four
employees saying it did not condone corruption, while the Australian government
weighed into the case, with then foreign minister Stephen Smith describing the
sentence as “tough”.
Australian diplomats were
excluded from the trial.
Peter GrestePeter Greste
An Australian journalist with a long and An Australian journalist with a long and successful career in some of the world’s most troubled spots, Peter Greste was detained in Egypt along with colleagues from his news organisation Al-Jazeera.
successful career in some of the world’s most troubled spots, Peter Greste was The 48 year-old foreign correspondent was arrested in his Cairo hotel room at the end of December 2013. He is currently being held in a cell with Al Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed after the Egyptian government accused the men of reporting which was “damaging to national security.”
detained in Egypt along with colleagues from his news organisation Al-Jazeera. After Greste had a month in solitary confinement with no formal charges made, at the end of January it was reported that authorities were to charge twenty Al-Jazeera journalists, including Greste, of “falsifying news and having a negative impact on overseas perceptions of the country.”
The 48 year-old foreign correspondent was arrested Greste’s Australia-based parents have appealed to the Egyptian government for his release.
in his Cairo hotel room at the end of December Robert Halliwell
2013. He is currently being held in a cell with Al Arrested in Thailand in August 2000 with Holly Deane-Johns (who was later transferred to an Australian prison), then 57 year-old drug user Halliwell was attempting to post heroin to Australia. Police later found another 110 grams of heroin in his apartment.
Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed He former builder and surfboard maker was sentenced to 31 years in prison.
after the Egyptian government accused the men of reporting which was Now aged 67 and still in a Thai jail, he told the Sydney Morning Herald when he was sentenced – “I knew it would be something like this. If you plead not guilty, they tend not to give you the big one (the death penalty).”
“damaging to national security.”
After Greste had a month in solitary
confinement with no formal charges made, at the end of January it was reported
that authorities were to charge twenty Al-Jazeera journalists, including
Greste, of “falsifying news and having a negative impact on overseas
perceptions of the country.”
Greste’s Australia-based parents have appealed
to the Egyptian government for his release.
Robert
Halliwell
Arrested in Thailand in August 2000 with Holly
Deane-Johns (who was later transferred to an Australian prison), then 57
year-old drug user Halliwell was attempting to post heroin to Australia. Police
later found another 110 grams of heroin in his apartment.
He former builder and surfboard maker was sentenced
to 31 years in prison.
Now aged 67 and still in a Thai jail, he told the
Sydney Morning Herald when he was sentenced – “I knew it would be something
like this. If you plead not guilty, they tend not to give you the big one (the
death penalty).”
Andrew Chan and Myuran SukumaranAndrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran
Chan, Chan, 30 and Sukumaran, 32 both from Sydney, have received the death penalty from Bali courts following their role in trafficking drugs through Bali in 2005. Part of the so-called Bali Nine, they are the only two to receive the death penalty.
30 and Sukumaran, 32 both from Sydney, have received the death penalty from Bali They admitted guilt and have been working in Kerobokan prison on improving facilities for other prisoners – establishing an art room, English classes and computer lessons.
courts following their role in trafficking drugs through Bali in 2005. Part of No date for execution has been set. The pair have lodged an appeal for clemency with the Indonesian president which is pending.
the so-called Bali Nine, they are the only two to receive the death penalty. Susan Dalziel
They Formerly a school teacher in Australia, Dalziel, who lived in Kenya at the time, was flying from Nairobi to Mauritius in November 2005 when she was arrested.
admitted guilt and have been working in Kerobokan prison on improving
facilities for other prisoners – establishing an art room, English classes and
computer lessons.
No
date for execution has been set. The pair have lodged an appeal for clemency
with the Indonesian president which is pending.
Susan
Dalziel
Formerly a school teacher in Australia, Dalziel, who
lived in Kenya at the time, was flying from Nairobi to Mauritius in
November 2005 when she was arrested.
The Mauritius authorities found 3.5kg of heroin in a hidden compartment of her luggage. Dalziel said she was carrying it for someone else.The Mauritius authorities found 3.5kg of heroin in a hidden compartment of her luggage. Dalziel said she was carrying it for someone else.
Dalziel, Dalziel, who was not an addict and had no previous offences, pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking, but under the zero tolerance Mauritian policy was sentenced to 28 years. At the time of sentencing she was 52; when it ends she will be 80.
who was not an addict and had no previous offences, pleaded not guilty Corey Donaldson
to drug trafficking, but under the zero tolerance Mauritian policy was Self-described in court as a ”Robin Hood” figure, 40 year-old Australian Corey Donaldson was sentenced to a minimum of five years in a US jail for a bank robbery in the swanky ski resort town of Jackson Hole Wyoming.
sentenced to 28 years. At the time of sentencing she was 52; when it ends she will be 80. The self-help author from Melbourne represented himself in court and said that he was justified in robbing more than $140,000 from the bank because like Robin Hood, he gave the money to the homeless. He also claimed he committed the robbery to call attentions to problems with the banking system. It was not established if the proceeds of the crime were distributed to the needy.
Corey In sentencing a weeping Donaldson last year, the judge complimented him on his storytelling abilities.
Donaldson Donaldson has already begun pitching his heist story in the hope of book and movie deals.
Self-described in court as a ”Robin Hood” figure,
40 year-old Australian Corey Donaldson was sentenced to a minimum of five years in
a US jail for a bank robbery in the swanky ski resort town of Jackson Hole
Wyoming.
The self-help author from Melbourne
represented himself in court and said that he was justified in robbing more
than $140,000 from the bank because like Robin Hood, he gave the money to the
homeless. He also claimed he committed the robbery to call attentions to
problems with the banking system. It was not established if the proceeds of the
crime were distributed to the needy.
In sentencing a weeping Donaldson last year,
the judge complimented him on his storytelling abilities.
Donaldson has already begun
pitching his heist story in the hope of book and movie deals.