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| Indonesia probes suspicious letter |
| 2005-06-06 |
| INDONESIAN police are checking a letter containing a "strong smell" sent to the head of a Bali court that recently jailed Schapelle Corby on drugs charges. "Members of the police forensic laboratory, including officers from Jakarta, are investigating the smell and the letter has been taken for laboratory tests," Bali police spokesman A.S. Reniban said today. The investigation follows an incident last week in which Indonesia's embassy in Canberra was sealed off in a biological agent scare triggered by an envelope containing a white powder. Although it later proved to be harmless, authorities believed the letter was the work of supporters of Corby, a 27-year-old Australian woman jailed for 20 years last month for attempting to smuggling marijuana onto Bali. Mr Reniban said judge Nengah Suriada had a dizzy spell on opening the noxious letter last Friday. However, the judge had not reported the incident until today, when he returned to work and found his office still contained the odour, he said. The letter was made to look as though it had been sent by the Australian consulate in Bali but did not carry the mission's letterhead, Mr Reniban said. A second unopened letter also sent to the Bali prosecutor's office had been collected for investigation. The results of the tests were not known. Australian outrage against the Corby verdict has threatened to upset improving relations between the two countries, despite renewed pledges of friendship by Canberra and Jakarta Many Australians have threatened to boycott Bali as a holiday destination and have demanded a return of cash donated to aid victims of last year's tsunami. |
| Posted by:Spavirt Pheng6042 |
| #3 Yeah, but muslims being terrorized by Christians? You must admit, the whole thing is very 9th century. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-06-06 08:21 |
| #2 Not really. Syrians terrorize Lebanon, Iraqis terrorized Iran and Kuwait, Saudi Arabians terrorize everyone... |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-06-06 08:15 |
| #1 This is a new twist. Muslims being terrorized. Hmmm... very though provoking isn't it? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-06-06 08:03 |