F.P.S.S - Schapelle Corby

Schapelle Corby paranoid, clutching doll in Kerobokan jail

Deteriorating ... Schapelle Corby is suffering depression while in an Indonesian jail. Picture: Lukman S Bintoro
SCHAPELLE Corby has become paranoid, unkempt and has been seen carrying a doll about her prison cell as her mental condition deteriorates.

Her mother, Rosleigh Rose, has flown from Australia to Bali to be with her daughter - the best medicine the convicted drug smuggler can have, according to her doctor.

The 31-year-old was taken from Kerobokan jail, where she is serving a 20-year sentence, to Denpasar's police hospital late on Friday and is being treated by a private psychiatrist arranged by her family.

Dr Danny Tong visited Corby for 15 minutes yesterday and said that while her condition was improving she was "very depressed" and was on medication, including anti-depressants.

"Her mother is here. This is the best medicine for anybody in the world," he said.

Ms Rose spent the night in the hospital on Saturday and was with Corby again yesterday, as was Corby's sister Mercedes and her children.

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Authors Rally Behind Schapelle Corby

Schapelle Corby’s mother Rosleigh Rose and best friends Alyth McComb and Katrina Richards (who both travelled to Bali with Schapelle on that fateful flight in 2004) have come together to send a message of support. Attending a book signing in Burleigh Heads on Queensland’s Gold Coast on November 29, the group wanted to reinforce their belief that Schapelle Corby should be released and allowed to return home.

Journalist Tony Wilson, who has covered the Corby case from when it first happened, was at the Wildraisin Café signing copies of his best selling book “Schapelle – The facts, the evidence, the truth”. Wilson’s new book tackles the stories and innuendo surrounding the case and establishes what is factual. Speaking to the group Tony said “We can’t give up, we must find a way to free this young woman. If in some small way my book helps to keep the issue before the public, then the hard work has been all worthwhile. We have to remember that in a few weeks, Schapelle will have spent her 5th Christmas Day in gaol – for a crime many of us believe she could not have committed”.

Tony Wilson’s book signing was part of an international campaign of supporters coming together to send messages of support to Schapelle. Kay Danes, author of Families Behind Bars said “Tony’s book is seen as a truly accurate and fair account of the Schapelle Corby case. This show of support was matched by groups around the world – including the UK, US, New Zealand and the UAE. All these supporters have gathered to have a photograph taken with the common theme ‘Free Schapelle’. These photographs will be sent to her as a show of strength”.

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Improved Schapelle Corby back in jail cell after depression

SCHAPELLE Corby last night headed back to jail from hospital after her doctors said her depression was easing.

The convicted drug runner will continue to take medication and have therapy, but most probably will be treated at Bali's Kerobokan jail, where she is serving a 20-year sentence.

However, there will be no major changes in the conditions, with authorities saying Corby will be in the same cell as usual and sharing with five other prisoners.

Head of the psychiatric team at Sanglah Hospital, Nyoman Ratep, said that after examining Corby yesterday the team had decided she was ready mentally to be returned to jail.

Corby, who turns 31 tomorrow, has been in hospital for more than two weeks after suffering severe depression, for which she needed medication and counselling.

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'Ganga Queen generates overwhelming support in USA and Canada'

Recently the TV Documentary 'Ganga Queen' screened in the United States and Canada on HBO. Contrary to the groundswell of negative and abusive mail the program created from audiences in Australia, it has resulted in an astounding amount of positive, overwhelming support in the United States and Canada for the Australian, Schapelle Corby, detained on a twenty year sentence in Bali.

For further information on how best to support Schapelle and her family please contact the following;

Schapelle Support & Lobby Network
—An International Network of Support for an Australian wrongfully detained in Bali.
P.O. Box 1202, Waverley Gardens VIC 3170 Australia
Email: nwyndom@optusnet.com.au

A Message to American Supporters of Schapelle Corby:

It is wonderful to see that so many Americans are rallying to the defense of Schapelle Corby since the airing of "Ganja Queen" on HBO! Let's all hope that by next year on the 4th of July, we can celebrate Ms. Corby's freedom as well as our Nation's.

It is important that we show restraint in our communications with Indonesian officials! We need to be mindful that some things we say might backfire on Schapelle. Schapelle needs the love and support of all of us, and it could work against her if we anger Indonesian officials. Also, please be aware that much of the anti-Schapelle backlash in Australia (which may be over-stated anyway) has been whipped up by what we here would call the "Tabloid Press," or "yellow journalism," elements over there. Distortions and outright misinformation have become all too common regarding Schapelle in the sensational press. These people are looking for a story, true or not - at Schapelle's' expense.
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