Donna Nelson, who is a prominent Perth-based Indigenous leader, has been charged with importing almost two kilograms of an illegal stimulant into Tokyo.
A West Australian grandmother and prominent Indigenous leader has been charged with importing almost two kilograms of an illegal stimulant into Japan, the country's prosecutors say.She has been charged with importing almost 2 kilograms of drugsDonna Nelson has been held in Japan since flying into the country on January 4.
An indictment filed to the Chiba prefecture district court states Ms Nelson took a suitcase containing approximately 1.9 kilograms of stimulants onboard a plane at Laos International Airport on January 3. Ms Nelson's family told the ABC last week they had not had direct contact with her since the day before her arrest, when she was in Laos.They say the former Greens' federal candidate was offered an all-expenses-paid trip to Japan by a man who she met on an online dating app, and whom she had been communicating online with for months.
They also say this was her first trip to Asia and she was not well travelled in non-English-speaking areas.Ms Nelson was the chair of Derbarl Yerrigan Aboriginal Health service and ran a charity which received $1.65 million in federal funding in recent years.
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