The remaining Bali Nine members would continue to serve their sentences in Australia, a Labor minister says, as the Opposition calls on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to 'stand up and explain' the deal.
Talks are underway to return members of the so-called Bali Nine drug smuggling ring to Australia, the federal trade minister has confirmed. But he asserted that they would continue to serve their sentences and not be released. The Australians were arrested in 2005 for attempting to smuggle heroin out of the Indonesian resort island. Five remaining members Scott Rush, Matthew Norman, Si-Yi Chen, Martin Stephens and Michael Czugaj are serving life sentences in Indonesia for their involvement.
" Albanese raised the prisoner issue during a meeting with Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Peru, Australian Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones told reporters on Saturday. Under the deal, Jakarta would seek the repatriation of Indonesian prisoners held in Australia, the country's Law Minister Supratman Andi Agtas told the Reuters news agency on Saturday.
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