The Jakarta Post Jakarta
The Justice and Human Rights Ministry has denied a prison transfer request by convicted Australian drug smuggler, Schapelle Leigh Corby.
The ministry said Corby had only served four years of the 20 year sentence.
"She'd probably have had her request granted if she had been in prison for 15 years," said Muhammad Indra, head of the ministry's office in Bali, as quoted by Tempointeraktif.com on Sunday.
Corby requested to be transferred from Kerobokan Penitentiary in Denpasar, to Bangli Penitentiary -- in the same city, but closer to the Australian Consulate General, citing mental health reasons.
Corby's lawyer Erwin Siregar said his client was depressed after the Supreme Court had rejected her final appeal in March. Corby was treated at Sanglah General Hospital for depression in July.
She was arrested in October 2004 upon arrival in Bali from Australia, and has been serving time ever since in Kerobokan Prison, the largest correctional facility on the island.
Corby was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison by Denpasar District Court, for smuggling 4.2 kilograms of marijuana into Bali in May 2005. (dre)
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