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2005-10-07 Southeast Asia

Aussie outrage forces Indonesia to review sentence reductions

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Posted by Oztralian [AKA] God Save The World 2005-10-07 10:30|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Indonesia should have prosecuted him for pot. That way he'd be in jail forever.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2005-10-07 11:24|| 2005-10-07 11:24|| Front Page Top

#2 I wouldn't expect much to become of this. A review, a "determination" that it's proper under their laws, then business resumes as usual. Australia would be better off issuing a travel advisory for its citizens to avoid Indonesian travel. Causing them pain in the pocketbook area would probably be an effective response.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-10-07 11:49|| 2005-10-07 11:49|| Front Page Top

#3 BAR, that seems like the logical next step but Oz is just running this through by the numbers.

Posted by Spenter Jeaper5707 2005-10-07 13:36|| 2005-10-07 13:36|| Front Page Top

#4 "This court sentences you to thirty years"

"But not Australian!"

"Oh. Sentence is reduced to ten-"

I'm Indonesian!"

"Okay... sentence reduced to five-"

"And I'm Muslim!"

"Two and a half-"

"And it's Independence Day"

"Two-"

"And Eid al-Fitr is coming up!"

"Uh, talk to us in a couple of weeks, okay?"

Posted by Pappy 2005-10-07 19:01|| 2005-10-07 19:01|| Front Page Top

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