cresta57

I just did a quick google of her case & it highlights the amount of corruption within the Indonesian legal system. She took part in a sting to trap the ringleaders. One got a yr [young and attractive] another got 4 yrs & the ringleader who lives in Bali got 6 yrs. She got the death penalty. The wiki page is here It doesn't give details about the alleged death threats on the son.

scrubbedexpat098

Does seem a bit out of kilter, but hay ho, ya deal drugs you've made your choice. You're not going to get all Niemöller on me now are you?

Swerv-o

Particularly if you choose to do it in a country where the legal system is a) heavily weighted against foreigners and b) open to corruption from the highest bidder.


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scrubbedexpat098

Yep, 'carry a bit of cash with your drivers license/passport, don't open your wallet though, they'll see that as an invitation to take the lot'. One of several corruption warnings I received, in Malaysia that was though. some real idiots about

xizzles

Real idiots, as in the people who gave you the above piece of advice, or the idiots that caused the above advisory to be issued in the first place?

Because, from personal experience, the latter is all true, sadly

cresta57

No mate, they already came for me, I was at the pub

scrubbedexpat098

The latter without a doubt, but also the idiots who don't listen and assume things are 'just like back home'. Truth is we're too civilized for our own good

Beoz

Yes. Imagine blowing over the limit and making it go away by flicking the copper a lazy tonne

I do recall doing that in Bali when pulled over for not wearing a helmet on a moped.

Swerv-o

This is very true. The UK and Australia have a very liberal judicial system that at times appears heavily in favour of the offender. This certainly in't the same elsewhere in the world. Even the US justice system is pretty harsh in comparison.


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scrubbedexpat098

Sorry you said wearing, I thought you said being. As you were