The daughters of Ballardong Njaki-Njaki woman Donna Nelson, a prominent member of WA's Aboriginal community who has been detained in Japan, say she does not deserve what she's going through and they just want her home.
The daughters of an Australian grandmother who they believe has been duped or forced into carrying drugs into Japan by a complex romance scam say she does not deserve what she's going through and they just want her home.She travelled through Laos where she was asked to transport luggageBallardong Njaki-Njaki woman Donna Nelson is a prominent member of Western Australia's Aboriginal community and ran as a candidate for the Greens in last year's federal election.
"He appeared to be of Mum's age group or older, it wasn't like some young, beach body guy," Ms Hilaire said.Overseas trip had family worriedMs Nelson's last direct contact with her family was a video call from Laos on January 3. Ms Nelson's daughters say the man she was speaking to online offered to fly one or two of them over as well.
Her former partner Justin Kickett said he believed she had been caught up by some type of organisation that included multiple operatives. She is the director of a charity, Pioneers Aboriginal Corporation, which between 2019 and 2022 received a $1.65 million grant to support their work engaging young people with basketball opportunities.
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