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February 9, 2014

Schapelle: From hellhole to luxury

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In just a matter of hours, Schapelle has gone from her prison hellhole to private villa.

She was seen checking into the Sentosa Luxury Villas in Seminyak with a news crew and veteran current affairs host Mike Willesee.

She is now spending her first hours of freedom in world-class luxury at the secluded five-star resort with private pool, spa and restaurant run by Luke Mangan.

Each of the 43 private villas has a private swimming pool and is set amidst lush tropical gardens and lotus ponds.

Check out the resort that Schapelle is staying at here.

Schapelle kept herself covered as she arrived at the resort.

Schapelle has gone from inside Kerobokan jail in Bali…

…to a Luxury Villa in Seminyak.

Schapelle being excorted by Indonesian police before her trial in Denpasar, Bali.

One of the exclusive rooms.

Bali Nine member Renee Lawrence and Schapelle inside Kerobokan prison.

Each of our 43 private villas boasts a private swimming pool.

Schapelle’s former home behind bars, with other Balinese inmates.

The bedroom in one of the exclusive villas.

A full view of the luxury pool.

The pool by night.

The world-class spa.

Paradise at the Sentosa Luxury Villas in Seminyak.

Security outside the Sentosa Luxury Villas in Seminyak.

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February 9, 2014

Covered up Schapelle signs parole

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Schapelle made her last stop on the road to freedom this morning when she arrived at the local corrections office to finalise details of her release.

She was fingerprinted again and went over the conditions of her parole before being set free. These include dressing modestly, not taking drugs, residing at a place known to the parole authorities, will report once a month to corrective service officers. She will also be subject to spontaneous inspections and has agreed to work for her brother-in-law Wayan Widyartha making swimsuits for his surf shop.

It is unclear at this stage whether Schapelle will move in with her sister Mercedes, who has reportedly separated from Wayan, at the family compound in the heart of Kuta or be taken to a secret location to begin her new life.

Schapelle signs her parole papers.

Schapelle is smuggled into a waiting prison van by Bali police.

Schapelle makes her way through the swarm of media.

Schapelle covers her face and head as she makes her last stop at the local corrections office.

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February 9, 2014

Schapelle Corby’s parole party!

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Before being reunited with her family on the outside, Schapelle Corby wanted to celebrate her release with her fellow inmates and female guards who have played such a big part in her life for the past nine years.

But the growing media scrum outside the prison meant Schapelle had to leave before they could all tuck into the massive cake they made for her bearing messages of love support.

“We thought we were going to have a farewell party for Schapelle at 10am but she left a lot earlier than we all expected,’’ one inmate told Woman’s Day.

“The guards and the women prisoners have a soft spot for Schapelle and organised the cake and planned a party – we’re going to share the cake with guards later today.”

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Schapelle was thrown a party by her fellow inmates and female guards.

Schapelle’s farewell cake.

Schapelle has now left the cell she has called home for the past nine years.

Schapelle had spent time making hand-made jewellery and paintings over the years.

Her paintings and hand-made jewellery were packed and taken with her.

She farewelled the six other women sharing her cell, giving away many of her belongings.

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February 9, 2014

What’s next for Schapelle Corby

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Sources inside Kerobokan suggest the most likely time for Schapelle to be released tomorrow is after the prison’s afternoon visiting hours, which conclude at 3pm (6pm AEDT).

It is understood that once her release papers have been signed by the Governor of Kerobokan prison, the 36-year-old Australian will exit the jail and be transported direct to a nearby government office to sign one final set of papers setting out the conditions of her parole.

Prison insiders who have observed the comings and goings of the Corby family over the past year have described to The Weekly the distinctive black SUV with tinted windows favoured by the Corby matriarch, Rosleigh Rose, on recent visits to the jail.

Whether this same car is employed to deliver Schapelle to the freedom for which she has waited nine years, remains to be seen.

What is not open to conjecture is where Schapelle will take her first tentative steps towards rehabilitation to life on the outside.

Under the strict terms of her parole, until July 2017 Schapelle must live with her Indonesian brother-in-law, Wayan Widyartha and her sister Mercedes who currently live with their children in a compound in Kuta.

During this time, Schapelle will be required to check-in monthly with BAPAS – the Balinese corrections authority managing her parole and monitoring her release.

And while all eyes will be on Mercedes’ Kuta compound in the coming days, with media already camped outside it, sources report the Corbys may have rented a more private, more secure compound for the first month of Schapelle’s release.

Still on the island of Bali (as per the stipulation of Schapelle’s parole conditions) but comfortably removed from the popular tourist haunt of Kuta, the rumoured ‘secret compound’ is believed to be heavily guarded.

It will be here, according to sources, where Schapelle will bunker down in the first days of her new-found freedom and consider her next move.

Whether that includes a tell-all interview is not yet known. And at what price – to the media company that snags it – can so far only be guessed at.

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February 8, 2014

How Schapelle celebrated her freedom

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After signing parole papers, Schapelle went straight to the Sentosa Luxury Villas in Seminyak.

After almost 10 years behind bars, this is how Schapelle Corby chose to celebrate her freedom, knocking back a beer with her brother Michael Jnr.

With the bizarre scarf she used to protect a multi-million dollar media deal finally removed from her face, Schapelle’s joy and relief at being released could be finally be seen.

Schapelle is still tucked away in the five-star spa resort Sentosa Seminyak waiting to do an exclusive interview with Mike Willessee said to be worth up to $3 million.

Schapelle’s Freedom: She’s dancing with joy!

The 4.1kg of high-grade marijuana carefully packed into Schapelle boogie board bag was only worth about $AU80,000.

Now, she looks set to earn more than 25 times that amount from just one exclusive media interview.

The 36-year-old former beauty school student from the Gold Coast is understood to have signed a deal with Channel Seven worth more than $AU3 million, or $AU300,000 for every year she spent in Kerobokan jail.

And many legal experts suggest that, despite Australia having proceeds of crime legislation, she’ll be able to keep every penny as long as she keeps the cash in Indonesia and in someone else’s name.

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There is growing public disquiet about Seven’s deal with the convicted drug mule. Even one of the network’s biggest stars, Sunrise host David Koch, has voiced his outrage, calling for his bosses to boycott the Corbys.

“I reckon we should have nothing to do with her as a network,” he said on air this morning.

“I totally disagree with paying a convicted drug smuggler $3 million. I know Indonesia is corrupt and all that sort of stuff, but she is convicted.”

Network stablemate sports presenter Jim Wilson also weighed in on Twitter, suggesting Schapelle should have ditched the “ridiculous” scarf over her face and made a statement before giving any interview.

Upon her release Schapelle was escorted by private security guards, hired by Seven, to a five-star resort along with current affairs veteran Mike Willesee and his crew.

While some experts are suggesting Schapelle will find it difficult to keep all the money from the deal, which some say could be worth up to $3 million, others say Australia’s current diplomatic woes with Indonesia will work in Schapelle’s favour.

That’s because Australian authorities can seize money and assets brought or transferred into Australia and can freeze bank accounts held in Australia, but would need Indonesia’s help getting access to Indonesian accounts.

Given the diplomatic tensions between the two countries, Jakarta may be reluctant to assist with any request from Australian authorities.

As part of her parole conditions, Schapelle must remain in Indonesia until 2017.

Senior law enforcement lecturer at Charles Sturt University, Hugh McDermott, told news.com.au that, “If Corby’s smart… she won’t profit directly from this money’’.

“The money will go to her family or a separate trust.

“There’s millions of dollars to be made here and I imagine they’ll structure it in a way to keep it out of the hands of law enforcers.”

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February 8, 2014

Abbott ‘turns back 34 asylum seekers’

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The revelations came as Prime Minister Tony Abbott praised his ‘tough’ policies because they were ‘working’.

Mr Abbott said no asylum seekers had reached Australia by boat in 50 days, the longest period since 2008.

As the policy tests relations with Indonesia, officials from the Water Police Unit said ‘undocumented migrants’ found stranded in a lifeboat at Pangandaran Beach in West Java claimed to have been driven away from Australian waters.

They allegedly arrived in Christmas Island waters on January 28 which was intercepted by Australian authorities.

They were then found stranded on February 5 on Pangandaran Beach.

The claims that they were escorted back to open sea by an Australian vessel, an aircraft and a high speed inflatable boat are front page news in today’s Jakarta Post.

The Abbott Government promised to turn back the boats as part of its 2013 election campaign.

Since then the policy has been shrouded in secrecy as the Government likened the Australia’s people smuggling to war.

“The message is getting loud and clear to the people smugglers and their would be customers that the way is shut,” Mr Abbott said on Friday.

However some in Indonesia see the policy as a breach of the county’s sovereignty.

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February 8, 2014

Officials launch petition to keep Corby behind bars

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Schapelle Corby

Corby, 36, is page three news of the Jakarta Post today after the Law and Human Rights Ministry granted her parole.

The former beauty school dropout could be released from Kerobokan prison early next week.

However House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santosa backed a petition challenging the decision to give the Australian parole.

The Jakarta Post reported that the petition was drawn up by eight lawmakers from various parties and handed to the Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin, who dismissed it.

“We are a civilised country, a law-governed state,” he said. “We don’t seek popularity and we are not afraid of criticism.”

The documentation needed to free Corby is expected to be finished on Monday but it remains unclear when she will be actually released.

Corby was arrested at Bali’s international airport in October 2004 after she was caught trying to smuggle 4.2 kg of marijuana in Denpasar. Debate over her innocence continues to rage in both Australia and Indonesia.

When she is released she is expected to have to live in Bali under supervision until the end of her sentence in May 2016.

Today outside the prison the TV cameras have set up camp for the long wait. There is only one exit point from the prison which means there is likely to be a massive media scrum when she is eventually released.

High profile presenters Melissa Doyle and Karl Stefanovic have both arrived to cover any developments.

There is also increasing interest from the local media which is exacerbating the difficult media conditions.

Corby is reported to be trying not to get her hopes up as she has done in the past.

Her brother-in-law Wayan Widyartha said they were all just hoping for the best. “All we can do is pray for the best,” he said.

Despite intense speculation about a media deal it is believed the family is concentrating on Corby’s release.

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February 8, 2014

Schapelle ‘excited and nervous’ to be leaving jail

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Schapelle Corby behind bars at the Denpasar District Court in 2006.

And as Schapelle Corby lays down to sleep tonight in Kerobokan jail, knowing it could well be her second last night in Bali’s infamous prison, it will be little wonder if she gets very little rest at all.

Three thousand, four hundred and five, give or take, is the number of nights Schapelle has spent in custody on the Indonesian island since her arrest for attempted drug smuggling back in October 2004. More than nine years of her life has been lost in the process.

Now all that stands between her and freedom (albeit on parole) is the receipt of papers from the Justice Ministry in Jakarta authorising her release, and a couple of signatures.

“She is happy, really excited,” one of Schapelle’s fellow inmates exclusively told The Australian Women’s Weekly this evening from inside Kerobokan. “She is also really nervous about what is waiting for her on the outside.”

In the immediate short-term, exactly what is waiting for her on the outside is a media mob. Cameras trained on the prison’s only exit, the media pack has been lying in wait for four days, when word of Schapelle’s imminent release first trickled out.

Speculation is rife among the waiting media throng that Team Schapelle (led by her sister Mercedes) has already done the media deal that will bring Schapelle’s story to an expectant – if divided – Australian public. Yet sources close to the Corby family have indicated no such deal has been done, with all of their energy currently focused on getting Schapelle out of jail.

What awaits the former Gold Coast beautician beyond the immediate short-term, past the camera lenses and long after her tell-all interview is in the can, is a whole lot more complicated.

Practically speaking, under the terms of her parole which lasts until July 2017, she cannot leave the island of Bali and must live with her sister, Mercedes at the home in Kuta she shares with her Indonesian husband, Wayan Widyartha and their children.

How Schapelle adjusts to life outside the walls of Kerobokan remains to be seen.

Quite apart from being the most famous Australian in Australia’s most popular travel destination – and the round-the-clock attention that will bring – she has nine years of incarceration to process and deal with.

As convicted Bali 9 drug smuggler Renae Lawrence told The Weekly when I met her in Kerobokan jail last year, as awful as the prison experience may be, readjusting to life on the outside was “just as terrifying”.

“You become used to life in prison after a while,” she said. “I don’t know how I would cope on the outside.”

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February 7, 2014

Red carpet celebrity PDA

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There is no shortage of loved-up PDA on the red carpet these days and with Valentine’s Day just around the corner we thought we’d embrace it.

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February 7, 2014

Schapelle’s life behind bars

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The Indonesian Justice Minister has approved Schapelle Corby’s parole application and within the next 24 hours it likely she will be released from the Bali prison that she has lived in for alomost nine years.

Schapelle is now waiting for her parole papers to enter the final stages of being signed off by Kerobokan Prison boss Farid Junaedi who said he would be signing the papers on Monday.

The 36-year-old was sentenced to 20 years in the Bali prison in 2005 after being found with 4.2kgs of marijuana in her body board bag.

But good behaviour remissions and a clemency reduction has shortened her sentence and after nine years she looks set to be released on parole, where she will remain in Bali with her sister Mercedes. She won’t be able to return to Australia until 2017.

We look back at her life behind bars here.