How many of the bali 9 are still alive
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What to know about the Bali Nine
Five Australians sentenced to life imprisonment on drug smuggling charges are looking to "reintegrate into society" after nearly two decades in Indonesian prison.
Two of the nine were executed in Indonesia, one other died from stomach cancer, and a fourth was granted parole in 2018.
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Who are the Bali Nine?
The Bali Nine were nine Australians who were convicted for their roles in a drug smuggling ring in 2005.
- Andrew Chan and four others were arrested at Denpasar Airport on 17 April 2005. Scott Rush, Michael Czugaj, Renae Lawrence and Martin Stephens had 8.3kg of heroin strapped to their bodies.
- Myuran Sukumaran, Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Si Yi Chen and Matthew Norman were arrested at a hotel in Kuta.
What happened to the Bali Nine?
Chan and Sukumaran were accused of being the ringleaders of the group and were sentenced to death by firing squad, a punishment which was labelled "cruel and unnecessary" and conducted in April 2015.
Lawrence — the only femal
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Bali Nine
Drug smugglers convicted in Indonesia in 2005
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| Nationality | Australian |
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The Bali Nine were a group of nine Australians convicted for attempting to smuggle 8.3 kg (18 lb) of heroin out of Indonesia in April 2005. The heroin was valued at around A$4 million and was bound for Australia.[3] Ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were sentenced to death and executed on 29 April 2015.[4] Six other members, Si Yi Chen, Michael Czugaj, Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Matthew Norman, Scott Rush and Martin Stephens, were sentenced to
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Cautionary trail
Non-fiction
by Marina Cornish•
June-July 2006, no. 282
One Way Ticket: The untold story of the Bali nine by Cindy Wockner and Madonna King
HarperCollins, $29.95 pb, 257 pp, 0732283469
Non-fiction
by Marina Cornish•
June-July 2006, no. 282
‘We’ve told young Australians again and again, don’t take drugs out of this country, don’t take them into Asian countries, because you can’t expect any mercy. Now we’ll keep pushing that message but people have to understand that if they defy it, and they get caught with drugs, they can’t expect the Government to bail them out.’
John Howard
When it was reported in 2005 that nine Australians had been arrested in Bali on charges of trafficking heroin, the public response was scornful and incredulous. In the wake of the media saturation of Schapelle Corby’s trial, such blatant attempts to flout the severe drug laws of Indonesia, with quick cash the only apparent incentive, seemed incomprehensible. As the story filtered through the press, a division appeared in ‘The Bali Nine’, as they were swiftly d
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