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Indonesia: 'Help Me' Pleads Student At Risk Of Death Sentence
New Zealand Herald
Wednesday 13 Oct 2004 DENPASAR - A Gold Coast student who could face the death penalty for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs into Indonesia from Australia, has pleaded for help, Australian media reported. As Schapelle Leigh Corby, 27, of Tugun, in Queensland, was taken back to her cell after interrogation by Bali police, she pleaded with reporters, "I'm petrified, I'm scared - help me. Tell Mum and Dad I love them," say reports in the Daily Telegraph and Sydney Morning Herald. Customs officers at Bali Airport allegedly found a package of 4.2kg of high-grade cannabis in her bodyboard bag. Police said it was the largest quantity of cannabis taken into Bali, and the first such case involving an Australian. Drugs squad director Bambang Sugiarto said the beauty therapy student screamed and cried as she pleaded her innocence during interrogation by police in Denpasar. In contrast to Sugiarto's comments, news reports showed Corby smiling and waving at cameras and saying hello to her parents. Police showed journalists Corby's labelled bodyboard bag. Inside were a bodyboard and the plastic bag of cannabis. Sugiarto said the cannabis was of much higher quality than Indonesian cannabis. Corby's lawyer, Lily Sri Rahayu Lubis, said the package might have been planted without Corby's knowledge. Corby could face the death penalty if charged with drug trafficking, or 20 years in prison if charged with possessing an illegal drug.
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