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View all search resultsYour letters: We should respect Indonesia's laws
It is disturbing that some Australians (a minority) are now attempting to describe the two Bali Nine drug traffickers as âvictimsâ of the Indonesian judicial process
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t is disturbing that some Australians (a minority) are now attempting to describe the two Bali Nine drug traffickers as 'victims' of the Indonesian judicial process.
Both were common criminals ' stand over merchants ' and were handed the death sentence as the ringleaders of the Bali Nine.
We should respect the sovereignty of our nearest neighbor, which also means respect for its laws, even a law that imposes the death sentence for certain prescribed offences.
To do otherwise could be interpreted as just another form of neo-colonialism and unwarranted interference in the internal affairs of another country, both of which are totally unacceptable in the 21st century.
Michael J Gamble
Belmont Victoria, Australia
