The way the Schapelle thing, Michelle Leslie (the fake muslim), the boy that recently got done there, and how Bali bombings played out made up my mind. I'm voting with my strong Aussie dollar and won't ever go and spend one cent in Indo - I think a large segment of their population despise us.
Macroscien - there's nothing "Theoretical" about criminal baggage handlers at Sydney International Airport using innocent passengers as unwitting drug mules - I mean, here's the THIRD posting of this link re Ray Coopers comments (but why an earth should any Aussie pay the least bit of attention to the guy, I mean he was ONLY the Head of Internal Investigations for the Australian Federal Police):
www.smh.com.au/national/afp-involved-in-drug-smuggling-ex-detective-20050508-gdla4d.html
Then of course, here's what these "Workers" did to one Gary MacDonald (innocent airline passenger), SAME day Schapelle flew . . .
And here's the **load of money they got paid to do it . . . ($300,000)
www.smh.com.au/news/National/Baggage-handlers-paid-300000-in-drug-plot/2005/05/11/1115585014740.html
And by the way, the Ian Robert Chalmers mentioned in that article above (the guy in cahoots with the baggage handlers), was a Director of Macquarie Bank. Guess who owns Sydney Airport? Yep, you got it, Macquarie Bank . . .
Up until reading those links from Morigen I thought Schapelle was just a dumb bogan who got busted with drugs, now I really think she is just a dumb bogan who has been badly shafted and I feel very sorry for her.
I don't know if corby is guilty or not but I was listening to talkback radio and some guy called in with an interesting story. Someone put a huge bag of drugs in his suitcase but failed to get it out before he claimed it. Customs missed it too so when he got to his hotel in Bangkok it was still there.
He called the aussie embassy and said he was going to call the police next. The embassy staff told him not to as he would spend life in jail and he should say nothing but just flush it down the toliet.
He tried to flush it but it would not flush, it just floated on the top of the water. In the end he stuffed it in his pockets and made several trips to the hotel garden where he would quietly spread it around the lawn.
what my concern is, if something like this happens to you or me, what then...?
The question is what can you do to fight ... corruption, if anything?
people are complacent as long as something doesn't impact them directly and would most likely not be willing to fight for a cause, which is why most population fall into the 'sheep' category, and are easly persuaded by mainstream media etc... which is why leading bodies can get away with things...
I do not know if she did it or not but I know that a board in the bag would weight about 1.5 to 2 kg max? I also know that if when picking up my bag and it was then weighting 6 to 7.5 kg I would check it and find why! Maybe she is just totally brain dead????
I heard of a rumor about the custom guy that was supposed to help her with it was home with malaria!