Australia's Home Affairs Minister and Indonesia's top law minister met to discuss transferring five members of the Bali Nine drug smuggling group back to Australia. The men are serving life sentences in Indonesian prisons for smuggling heroin in 2005.
Australia 's Home Affairs Minister and Indonesia 's top law minister have expressed optimism about transferring five members of the Bali Nine drug smuggling group back to Australia . The five men are serving life sentences in Indonesia n prisons for smuggling heroin in 2005. Despite lacking existing laws for prisoner transfer , both ministers acknowledged the strong goodwill between the nations and agreed on further discussions.
The visit by the Australian minister was the first by a senior Albanese government official since a request was made to the Indonesian President
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