I feel most immagrints are people who want a better life. So, they come to our country from their poor country, with little money in their pockets and a dream to have a better life. But oh boy, that new life comes at a financial cost! It must be so hard to start out in a new country where you have so little, and look around at those who have so much. So in order to start this better life, money is required. And one of the easiest and quickest ways to make some big money is doing illegal things, such as drug smuggling. Could this be why there are so many immigrants or children of immigrants on death row in other coutries? All Nguyen wanted was a better life for his brother.
All Nguyen wanted was a better life for his brother.
And don’t we all ...but the vast majority of us are prepared to accept the social expectations within our community in exchange for the safety and security such membership provides. If you dishonour your membership you should accept the consequences of that decision.
Tell me why Van Nguyen is now being regarded as a Martyr and a Poster Boy for human rights and his case a representation against Capital Punishment. He was in gaol for almost 3 years before we were even made aware of his existence. His sentence was known from the moment he was caught with almost HALF a KILO (400g) of heroin. As far as I am concerned it was a farce.
There are three more Aussies awaiting the same fate as Van.
Why Suzi? The media. Actually the media got themselves well and truly manipulated this time (rather than them doing the manipulating as is normally the case).
The lawyers in the case realised that they weren't having much success...to be fair to them their primary passion for the case was a vehement opposition to mandatory death sentences and a belief that it was their duty to do whatever they could to get their client's sentence changed.
So, they used the media.
They used Van's youth and Van's mother's tears and they passed on the stuff that was guaranteed to pull at some heart strings like the reasons for him doing what he did (the whole "I had to save my twin brother" story) and and the fact he had repented and converted to Catholicism and whatever else they could find to stir up the media who stirred up the public who stirred up the politicians to at least pretend to give a damn.
And it worked...to the point of generating a degree of public interest far out of proportion to the fate of one person whom most regard as a despicalbe criminal.
So...yes there are others on death row. But it really does depend on how much their back-story is likely to stir up the public interest and whether or not there's someone on that person's "team" who has the media and political savy to get the information out there.
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... If you dishonour your membership you should accept the consequences of that decision.
From all that I have read Ngueyn Van was the first to accept the consequences of his actions. It was his family and friends and the lawyers that did not.
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A good example of what results come to those who take their second heroin 'hit'.
Forget what the 'State' does about capital punishment. . they face death on 3 side. . . the drugs they take. . the 'friends' they keep . .as well as the penalties they face when caught.
By Lindsay Murdoch in Darwin January 14, 2006 Page 1 of 2
PARENTS of four of the accused Bali nine heroin mules have asked the Prime Minister, John Howard, to save their children from execution.
The plea for immediate intervention comes just days before Indonesia decides whether the four should face the death sentence and revelations that Australian Federal Police officers were present when they were arrested.
In secret Federal Court documents seen by the Herald, one of the accused, Renae Lawrence, says an AFP officer mocked her while trying to get her to confess to owning two cases where heroin was allegedly found.
"Don't be a silly girl. The silly little girl thinks that she is going to go home," Lawrence says the unnamed officer told her when she was detained in April last year.
An AFP officer has admitted in another affidavit that he and another officer were present at the airport and that the AFP had been on alert for a large drug shipment. The AFP has publicly played down its role in the operation.
Yesterday Lawrence begged an Indonesian court to save her from the firing squad, and her mother, Beverley Waterman, testified that her daughter was frightened into smuggling by death threats to her family.
Ms Waterman and the parents of Scott Rush, Michael Czugaj and Martin Stephens have asked Mr Howard to intervene now because their children's trials have reached a "critical and strategic phase".
Indonesian prosecutors are still consulting with the country's Attorney-General, Abdul Rahman, on whether to seek the death sentence and it is expected they will reveal their decision when the case against Czugaj returns to Denpasar District Court next Tuesday.
"We seek the intervention of the Australian Government in making clear its position to the Indonesian authorities to request that the prosecution does not seek the death penalty," the parents say in the letter.
The parents also accuse the AFP of putting their children's lives at risk: "In Australia, no Australian Federal Police officer could expose a citizen to the death penalty. Under Australian law, no Australian citizen can be exposed to the death penalty in Australia. We believe this is now the time to act."
Last night the Federal Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, refused to say whether the Government had made representations to Indonesia on behalf of the accused.
Mr Ruddock's spokeswoman said the only comment he could make at this time was that "Australia's opposition to the death penalty is long standing and well understood".
I was stupid, drug courier admits as she begs for her life
By Marian Caroll January 14, 2006
RENAE LAWRENCE has begged a Bali court to save her from the firing squad, saying she was stupid to try to smuggle heroin from the Indonesian island to Australia.
And in a dramatic day of testimony in Denpasar District Court, Lawrence's sobbing mother said her daughter was forced to become a drug runner after the alleged drug-ring leaders threatened to kill her family.
"I beg you for my life," Lawrence said to the three judges hearing her case. "I beg for mercy. It's just that I was stupid, although I had no choice. It was stupid to do it. I'm sorry."
Her mother, Beverley Waterman, broke down when she described one recent death threat left at the family home.
She said vandals spray painted the number 9 followed by the words "Dead c--t" on the front of the family home several months after Lawrence's arrest last year.
They had left a baseball bat and hammer beneath the graffiti.
Ms Waterman pleaded with the judges to free the 28-year-old Newcastle woman. "I know Renae's very sorry for what she has done," Ms Waterman said.
"I did ask her why she had done it and why she didn't come to me about it and she asked me a question. She asked me what would I do if I was in her position and my family was threatened.
"And, I have to be honest, I think I would probably do the same thing to protect her. I'm her mother and I love her and I think she deserves another chance."
Lawrence was caught at Bali airport with three other Australians last April with heroin allegedly strapped to their bodies.
Her former boss at a Sydney catering company, Andrew Chan, was caught at the airport with no drugs on him. He is accused of being one of the gang's bosses. Four other Australians were arrested at a hotel in Kuta. Lawrence and her co-accused have since said that Chan threatened their lives and those of their families if they refused to take part in the smuggling. All nine face possible execution if convicted of conspiring to traffic 8.3 kilograms of heroin to Australia.
Ms Waterman told how Chan telephoned Lawrence at their home in Wallsend, Newcastle, three weeks before the Bali trip.
Lawrence "sounded nervous when she spoke to him" and looked uncomfortable when her mother asked what he wanted, her mother said.
Ms Waterman said she believed the lewd graffiti was a warning to her family "to watch what we were doing".
Lawrence's hearing was adjourned until next Friday, when prosecutors are to submit their demands on what sentence she should be given if convicted.
In a separate hearing, the brother and a high school friend of the alleged gang enforcer - Myuran Sukumaran, a Sydney martial arts expert - testified that he was never involved in drugs or gangs. His trial was adjourned until Tuesday, when the defence is expected to call expert witnesses.
THE younger brother (step brother actually) of convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has faced a Queensland court on drug and break-and-enter charges.
Technically...the guy in the story preceeding this is Schapelle Corby's HALF brother since they share the same Mother. This is a fuller story and gives an insight into the family only previously alluded to: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=62700
Corby's half brother vows to clear name Thursday Jan 19 20:16 AEDT
Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby's half brother has said he'll fight police allegations he was involved in exporting cannabis, as he faced court on other drug and assault charges.
James Sioeli Kisina, 18, was with Corby when she was arrested at Bali airport in October 2004 with 4.1kg of marijuana in her bodyboard bag.
He faced court over his alleged involvement in a violent home invasion during which a couple was attacked with an iron bar and menaced with a machete before a large quantity of cannabis and cash was stolen.
Police allege the stolen drugs and money were later found at the Loganlea home of his and Corby's mother, Rosleigh Rose, south of Brisbane.
The cannabis was allegedly found inside Ms Rose's home stashed inside coffee jars to disguise the smell.
Kisina's lawyer Stefan Simms told the Beenleigh Magistrates Court that his client would vigorously defend police allegations, outlined in an affidavit, that he was involved in the exportation of cannabis.
There was no evidence to support that claim, he said.
In relation to Tuesday's home invasion, Mr Simms said Kisina was not motivated by crime when he broke into the house.
He said Kisina had learned the property's occupants were allegedly well-known drug dealers and could have information helpful to Corby's bid to have her drug smuggling conviction in Bali quashed.
Yes, he was just trying to help Schapelle! I believe him... NOT.
Other news is that Schapelle's 12 year term has been reinstated to the original 20 years, just yesterday. Very timely.
Court test for Corby's brother From: By Michael McKenna and Sian Powell January 23, 2006
POLICE allegations that Schapelle Corby's half-brother was involved in the Bali drug run that put her in jail could be tested in a Queensland court within weeks. Lawyers for James Sioeli Kisina, 18, said yesterday they were considering a Supreme Court appeal after the allegations were used by Queensland police to successfully oppose bail after his arrest following a Brisbane home invasion last Tuesday.
In a sworn affidavit by arresting officer Detective Sergeant Dean Godfrey, Mr Kisina was alleged to have been suspected of involvement in the attempted smuggling of cannabis into Bali for which Corby is serving 20 years' jail.
"He (Mr Kisina) is suspected of some involvement in the exportation of cannabis for which his sister has received a 20-year imprisonment sentence," Detective Sergeant Godfrey said.
The affidavit also alleged Mr Kisina had a "propensity to commit offences" and that he suffered from a "lack of parental guidance".
The affidavit was tendered to the Southern Districts Magistrates Court, near Brisbane, on the same day the Indonesian Supreme Court announced it had reinstated Corby's 20-year sentence after Bali's High Court reduced her jail term to 15 years.
Over the weekend, Balinese prosecutors initially said the Queensland police affidavit "could be used to reopen the case".
Corby's youngest sibling, Mr Kisina was just 16 and with his sister when she was caught at Bali's Ngurah Rai airport in October 2004 carrying 4.1kg of cannabis in a bodyboard bag.
Mr Kisina carried the bag to the Customs desk, but when asked by officials if it was his, Corby interrupted and claimed ownership.
After two days of interrogation, Balinese police released Mr Kisina after finding no proof of involvement in the crime.
Mr Kisina's Brisbane solicitor, Mark Howden, said Queensland police had to "put up or shut up" in relation to the allegations of drug-smuggling against his client.
Mr Howden said it was possible Detective Sergeant Godfrey would be called for cross-examination over his allegations at an appeal for bail, expected within weeks.
Queensland Police refused to elaborate on the allegations yesterday.
Mr Kisina and two co-accused - including his cousin Shane John Tilyard, 19 - were remanded in custody on eight charges including assault, deprivation of liberty and drug production.
They allegedly broke into a house on Brisbane's southside early Tuesday and with iron bars and baseball bats beat the occupants, who are said to be suspected drug dealers, before stealing $100 in cash and marijuana.
Corby's Bali lawyer Erwin Siregar confirmed yesterday he would be visiting Australia next month to collect new evidence ahead of a planned application for an extraordinary judicial review of the case.
Mr Siregar said he wanted to explore the allegations against Mr Kisina, the son of Corby's mother, Rosleigh Rose, from a later relationship.
In Bali yesterday, the prosecutor in the Corby case, Ida Bagus Wiswantanu, appeared to distance himself from his reported comments on Saturday that the affidavit may warrant a reopening in the case.
Clear as mud I reckon. If that Bodyboard and bag belonged to Kisina and not Schapelle, and she has taken the fall for him, then her loyalties have sadly been misplaced and he needs to do the time allocated to her. The entire family's claims of innocence are beginning to ring not so true.
Bali accused to hear demands From: AAP From correspondents in Denpasar, Bali January 25, 2006
FIVE of the Bali Nine defendants have arrived at court today with Indonesian prosecutors expected to demand they be sentenced to life in prison for smuggling drugs. Appearing in the Denpasar District Court will be Renae Lawrence, 28, of Newcastle and Wollongong man Martin Stephens, 29.
They were arrested on April 17 at Bali Airport allegedly with heroin strapped to their bodies, along with 20-year-old Brisbane men Scott Rush and Michael Czugaj.
Prosecutors have already recommended that Rush and Czugaj be spared from the firing squad and instead be imprisoned for life.
Like Rush and Czugaj, Lawrence and Stephens say they were forced to become drug couriers when their lives and those of their families was threatened by the gang's alleged bosses.
Also appearing today are three men arrested at the Melasti Hotel at Kuta Beach on the same night as the airport raid ? Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, 23, of Brisbane and Sydney men Si Yi Chen, 23, and Matthew James Norman, 19.
The three were arrested at the hotel with accused Bali Nine "enforcer" Myuran Sukumaran, 24 of Sydney, whom prosecutors say should be executed by firing squad.
A death penalty demand is also expected to be made against Sukumaran's alleged partner, Andrew Chan, 21 of Sydney, who appears in court tomorrow.
The demands by the prosecutors are not binding on the judges.
The judges are expected to hand down verdicts in all the Bali Nine trials next month.
The Bulletin The curse of the Corby clan 01/25/2006
Schapelle Corby and her mother Rosleigh Rose say they are the victims of Federal Police malice. The family's continuing run-ins with the law aren't helping. Paul Toohey reports.
Up the skinny Kuta backstreets along Poppies Lane, awash with pirate DVD and sunglasses stores, Osama Dont Surf T-shirts, pink jiggy-jig caps and near-empty bars, vendors haranguing the post-bombings straggler tourists with desperately good deals, promises of barely legal massage girls and under-the-breath offers of arrest-free marijuana and cocaine Boss, boss! You want drugs? No problem. Not Corby! Not Corby! comes Rosleigh Rose. Shes weary but still full of fight. Her daughter, 15-year-old Melenae Kisina, is in tow. Rose says yes, she'll have a Bintang. Its been quite a week.
Roses son, James Kisina, 18, who has the same Tongan-born father as Melenae, is currently somewhere between the Beenleigh police cells and Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre, outside Brisbane, after an alleged violent home invasion on January 17 in which Kisina and two of his mates are said to have menaced a couple with an iron bar and machete, and stolen cash and marijuana.
To make it worse, it has been reported that Queensland police are alleging in an affidavit that James who flew to Bali with his sister, Schapelle, in October 2004, and was at her side when she was busted for importing marijuana is suspected of some involvement in the exportation of cannabis for which his sister has received a 20-year imprisonment sentence. Where they dug up that angle, Rose cannot say. The police wont, either.
Rose came to Bali knowing that the result of Corbys final appeal, to Indonesias Supreme Court, was expected at any time. Schapelle had won a five-year sentence reduction on her original appeal and Rose had hoped, even believed, that her daughter would be set free. She really thought shed be taking Schapelle home. Instead, the appeal, taken on by the narcissistic superstar Jakarta barrister-dealmaker Hotman Paris Hutapea, backfired, badly. Last week, Indonesias highest court reinstated Schapelles original 20-year sentence.
The new sentence was decided before Kisinas arrest, and therefore did not affect the judges decision which was made on January 12 and revealed later. But it means more peripheral damage for Schapelle, whom Rose has that morning visited in Kerobokan Prison. When I walked in she was with her lawyer, says Rose. She just stood up, we cuddled and cried, and I said, mon, we have to be strong; were not finished yet
The reinstated five years does not make a hell of a difference to Schapelle or to her mother, not at this stage anyway. It doesn;t, not really, says Rose.We still have to just try to get her out.
Another son, Clinton Badger Rose, is free after serving time in Arthur Gorrie for a long list of minor-major crimes. Now, James has taken his brothers place. Rosleigh Rose begins to look like a mum with a lot of bad luck. Or, as people will now say, a matriarch overseeing a brood of petty hoodlums.
I dont care what they think, Rose says. I put it to her that, actually, she does care. No, I dont. Schapelle has been told about James arrest. She wants to get it across to James that he had nothing to do with the 20 years. Hes a big boy and he probably thought, Im so useless, I couldnt help my own sister.
James Kisinas court-appointed lawyer told the press that James believed the people whose home he allegedly invaded, in a neighbouring suburb, had some connection with the drugs that went into Schapelles boogie board bag. He argued James was trying to seek revenge, or possibly clear the Schapelle matter up. Thats why he and his mates allegedly took some $1000 in cash, a reported kilogram of marijuana, a set of scales and menaced and assaulted the victims. What James and his mates did not know was that the house they allegedly hit was already under police surveillance. The cops just had to follow them back to Rosleighs home in Loganlea, south of Brisbane, to nab the three.
The Bulletin met James at home in May last year. Handsome, just as his sister Melenae is pretty and, like her, a person of few words. Despite his classic islander tree-trunk prop-forward thighs and his round-the-house rugby clothes, he wasnt too interested in playing. Hed left school early and wanted to make money landscaping. James talked of growing up in a troubled part of southern Brisbane, saying:Theres heaps of trouble around this area. Armed robberies, heaps of druggos. Sit down at The Palms [the local shopping centre] and you&ll see. Theres always some drama going on. Whacked people everywhere. The local cops told me they had never heard the name James Kisina in the context of any trouble. And that, they said, was pretty remarkable for a Loganlea kid.
The Corby curse? Rosleigh Rose wont hear any such rubbish. She doesnt go for any spooky stuff and is a strong believer that youve got to help yourself in this life. From the start of this whole thing, she says the federal government and the Australian Federal Police havent helped her. As for those who came in the guise of Schapelles saviours, they had other agendas. Like getting rich off Schapelle. Rose has stood by her kids, but only up to the point where she believes in their innocence. She believes in Schapelle.
and this....
The allegations against James will no doubt cause some to rethink the whole Schapelle-is-innocent line. Or for those who always suspected her guilt, his arrest will, for them, seal the matter. Hes a nice, quiet kid, says Rose of James.I dont know. I can remember the other month he seemed to be upset, getting tormented. People were yelling at him, You black C, and, Your sisters a drug dealer.
He said to me, Mum, why do they say that? I said, Dont listen to them, theyre bored. He doesnt open up, James. I dont know if his emotions have got on top of him. Last night, I just couldnt sleep. I couldnt believe it. He's a kid who helps other kids out. Hes a boy who stops fights. He was school captain, voted in by the kids. The teachers and kids love him.
As for Mele, shes now seen three siblings go to the can. What does she think about the latest James situation? Mele shrugs and smiles. Hea big boy. He can look after himself.
The Corby family story becomes incrementally more extraordinary.Were the Brady Bunch, says Mele, perhaps aware of the irony. Three girls and three boys. Or maybe were the Corby-Kisina-Rose Bunch, she says, referring to the children by different fathers.
It doesnt matter, says her mum. At least you all know who your fathers are.
What a bloodied mess this is. I think Rosleigh should of taken parenting courses, she doesn't seem to have managed to get it quite on track concerning her kids and the law.
Rosleigh has definitely not helped Schapelle's cause any. I'm sure she loves her kids to bits and I know in her shoes I'd be doing whatever it took to try to free my daughter.
But she hasn't got a clue how to deal with media/police/bureaucrats. Screaming and yelling and ranting about anti-Corby conspiracies isn't going to get her anywhere.
When you don't have the power in a situation you gotta play them at their game 'cos they ain't gonna play yours. That's just the way life works.
I happened to see Rosleigh when she came to Adelaide tracking down some photograph which allegedly showed Schapelle with a "known" drug dealer or something. Honestly the way she was behaving outside the police station was ridiculous...she's quite lucky they didn't arrest her...she was screaming, swearing, spitting, hitting and making the most ludicrous libelous allegations. She came across as a complete nutcase.
I compare her behaviour to that of Van Ngueyn's mother..in her case the PM was so moved that he personally got the Singaporian Govt to give a big concession (allowing the them to touch before the execution). I can't imagine any politician wanting to help Rosleigh...they just want her to go away 'cos she's a nutter.
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Now THIS Corby witness guilty of rape By Christine Caulfield January 28, 2006
A PRISONER who gave evidence for convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has been found guilty of stalking and raping a woman. John Patrick Ford, whose trial was delayed until after the Bali verdict, was convicted by a County Court jury of 11 charges.
Ford, who was twice attacked in prison after his evidence implicated an inmate in Corby's case, has been in protective custody since he returned from Bali last March.
He told the Indonesian judges he had overheard two prisoners discussing the case, and claimed Corby was the victim of an airport drug-trafficking syndicate.
The court heard yesterday that Corby, whose 20-year sentence was reinstated on appeal last week, had written to Ford from her jail cell, thanking him for his help.
Ford's lawyer, Tom Danos, told Judge Margaret Rizkalla that Corby had written of her gratitude to his client for agreeing to be a witness and risking his own safety.
Mr Danos said Ford had earned himself a lighter sentence for his co-operation with authorities on Corby's case.
His time in jail, where he remained in solitary confinement to shield him from reprisals by inmates, was particularly onerous.
The jury was told his victim had been subjected to repeated assaults and threats.
The court heard he raped the woman, stalked her and threatened to kill her after she tried to sever contact with him.
Police arrested Ford on February 14, 2004, and he has been behind bars on remand since.
He was found guilty in December last year, but a suppression order prohibiting publication of the verdict was not lifted until yesterday.
Mr Danos told the court Ford was getting "mixed messages" from the victim, who effectively "forgave" him his abuse.
He said Ford now regretted his behaviour in any case and apologised to the court.
Judge Rizkalla adjourned the pre-sentence hearing to a date to be fixed.
Lawrence, Rush jailed for life Monday Feb 13 18:57 AEDT
Indonesian judges on Monday showed they were in no mood for mercy as they jailed Bali Nine drug mules Renae Lawrence and Scott Rush for life.
In an ominous warning ahead of possible death sentence verdicts for the two alleged ringleaders on Tuesday, judges in the Denpasar District Court ignored prosecution demands that Lawrence get only a 20-year sentence as a reward for rolling over for police.
Three judges ruled that Lawrence deserved the same punishment as three other mules arrested with her at Bali airport last April 17 with 8.3kg of heroin strapped to their bodies. "The punishment should be no different from the others," assistant judge I Gusti Ngurah Astawa said, flagging all four couriers caught at Bali Airport would receive life terms.
"The punishment should be the same."
Two sets of judges also dismissed claims by Lawrence and Rush that they and others became drug mules only after their lives had been threatened by the gang's alleged bosses - Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran who will find out on Tuesday whether they will face execution by firing squad.
"It's not proven there was force used in the crime," one judge said.
What was beyond doubt was that Rush and Lawrence both took part in an organised criminal operation to smuggle $A4 million worth of heroin from Bali to Australia, the judges said.
Lawrence, 28 of Newcastle, took the news of her fate impassively at first but then expressed shock.
"We are surprised, she is surprised," said defence lawyer Anggia Browne. "She doesn't understand (why) it went up."
Browne said she was now "worried" about her client who has harmed herself at least twice since her arrest last year.
In a holding cell Lawrence burst into tears and held her head in her hands. She silently smoked a cigarette as she waited for the long and stifling prison bus ride back to Kerobokan jail.
Browne said she believed the judges had decided on a harsher sentence than the one prosecutors had demanded because the families of the three other mules - Rush, Martin Stephens and Michael Czugaj - objected.
"The other three complained about 20 years," she said, promising to appeal Lawrence's case.
"It's not normal. Normally the sentence like that is two-thirds (what prosecutors asked)."
Rush, in a suit and tie and wearing wooden rosary beads around his neck, was led to court soon after Lawrence's case was closed.
As his sentence was read out, Rush swallowed hard and he looked downcast.
Chief judge Made Sudia said the Brisbane 20-year-old had not received the death sentence because he was young and polite in court.
"The decision is not to kill but to amend his ways and to make him realise what he did," Sudia said.
He dismissed Rush's claim that he had only come to Bali on an all-expenses paid holiday and had no idea he would be forced to become a drug mule.
"The defendants and other witnesses (mules) as adults must have questioned or doubted the invitation to receive a passport and funds for a holiday to Bali," Sudia said.
Immediately after the verdict, Rush consulted his lawyer Robert Khuana and then sat back in the witness chair and told the judges he would appeal.
His parents Lee and Christine called the verdict "a waste of a young life".
They lashed out at Australian Federal Police, who tipped their Indonesian counterparts off to the ring after a worried phone call from Mr Rush.
"We can not rely on being an Australian citizen and receiving good treatment from our government," Mrs Rush said.
"Australian Federal Police can go wherever they want, do anything, anytime, without supervision."
Lawrence's father Bob said the family now hoped a prisoner exchange agreement under discussion with Indonesia could be accelerated.
"In accepting Renae's sentence, we now turn to the future and it is our hope that Renae as well as the other members of the Bali Nine can serve out part of their time in Australia, closer to us at home," he said.
The rulings sent a stark warning that last-ditch mercy pleas will be ignored by the court, following the example set with convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby.
Prosecutors have demanded that Chan and Sukumaran be sentenced to death on Tuesday.
Outside the court a local anti-narcotics group called Granat hung a banner saying "Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran should get the death sentence or send them to Hell".
Lawrence appeared to exchange tough words with Michele Stephens, the mother of fellow mule and friend Martin Stephens, when she arrived at the cell later to commiserate.
"She didn't say much, she was just upset," Mrs Stephens said.
In Brisbane, a South Korean man allegedly linked to the Bali Nine drug syndicate recruited "mules" to transport drugs from Indonesia to Australia, a Queensland court was told on Monday.
Do Hyung Lee, 25, was on Monday released on bail after a brief appearance in the Brisbane Magistrates Courts charged with conspiracy to import prohibited narcotics into Australia between August 2004 and April 2005.
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