Final five members of Bali Nine released from jail and back in Australia, PM announces | Australia news
Final five members of Bali Nine released from jail and back in Australia, PM announces | Australia news
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Bu içerikte, uyuşturucu kaçakçılığı planı üzerine tutuklanan Bali Nine’in beş kalan üyesinin Endonezya hükümeti ile yapılan anlaşma sonucu Avustralya’ya geri döndüğü belirtilmektedir. Başbakan Anthony Albanese, Scott Rush, Matthew Norman, Si-Yi Chen, Martin Stephens ve Michael Czugaj’ın Endonezya’dan Avustralya’ya döndüğünü doğrulamıştır. Yaklaşık 20 yılını Endonezya’da hapishanede geçiren bu kişilerin ömür boyu hapis cezaları insani gerekçelerle Avustralya’da rehabilitasyonlarını sürdürmeleri şartıyla ertelenmiştir. Anlaşmanın detayları ve süreci hakkında bilgi verilmemiştir. Bali Nine’in liderleri olan Myuran Sukumaran ve Andrew Chan 2015 yılında Endonezya’da idam edilmiş, diğer üyelerden Tan Duc Than Nguyen ise 2018 yılında kanserden hayatını kaybetmiştir. Grubun tek kadın üyesi Renae Lawrence ise 2018 yılında cezası ertelenmiş ve Avustralya’ya geri gönderilmiştir.
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The five remaining members of the Bali Nine in jail over a drug smuggling plot have returned to Australia under a deal negotiated with the Indonesian government.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, confirmed that Scott Rush, Matthew Norman, Si-Yi Chen, Martin Stephens and Michael Czugaj returned to Australia from Indonesia on Sundayafternoon.
Having served almost 20 years in jail in Indonesia, the men have had the rest of their life sentences commuted on humanitarian grounds on the condition that they continue rehabilitation in Australia.
“We would like to convey our deep appreciation to the government of Indonesia for its cooperation to facilitate the men’s return to Australia on humanitarian grounds,” Albanese said in a statement, adding his personal thanks to the president, Prabowo Subianto, for his “act of compassion”.
“This reflects the strong bilateral relationship and mutual respect between Indonesia and Australia. These Australians served more than 19 years in prison in Indonesia. It was time for them to come home.
“They will now have the opportunity to continue their rehabilitation and reintegration here in Australia.”
Guardian Australia has been told the federal government would provide short-term accommodation for the men. They would have access to medical and other support.
Their life sentences were effectively converted to 20 years meaning they are considered to have been completed.
Australia’s home affairs minister, Tony Burke, signed a ministerial agreement with his Indonesian counterpart to seal the arrangement, which was not a prisoner transfer because the countries’ respective legal systems did not allow for that. The deal was signed subsequent to Burke’s recent visit to Indonesia.
Australian government officials declined to provide details of the men’s location for privacy reasons. They are understood to have undertaken voluntarily to continue a rehabilitation program – details of which were unavailable.
The Australian government consistently raised the case of the Bali Nine with Indonesia. Most recently, Albanese discussed it with Subianto on the sidelines of the Apec summit in Lima in November.
Since then, speculation emerged that an agreement was imminent that could see the five men returned to Australia.
The Bali Nine were charged and convicted with attempting to smuggle 8.3kg of heroin out of Indonesia in April 2005.
The ringleaders of the drug-smuggling operation, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, were sentenced to death and executed by firing squad in Indonesia in 2015. Another member, Tan Duc Than Nguyen, died of cancer in 2018.
The only female member of the group, Renae Lawrence, had her sentence commuted in 2018 and was returned to Australia.
Final five members of Bali Nine released from jail and back in Australia, PM announces | Australia news
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