Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby may have her long-awaited parole revoked following a TV interview by her sister Mercedes, says Indonesian Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin.
The minister, speaking in Bali, was clearly angry following the interview, broadcast on the Seven Network’s Sunday Night current affairs program.
“I am still waiting for complete reports from the Bali Correction Board,” Mr Syamsuddin told reporters at his Jakarta office, “but for now, I can say that there is a possibility that I will review the Corby’s parole.”
The interview went ahead despite clear statements from Indonesian authorities that they were monitoring the Corby’s interaction with the Australian media and a ban on interviews with Schapelle.
Sunday Night instead ran an interview with Mercedes Corby and a montage of moving and still images of Schapelle during and after her release. Ratings for the show were well down.
But the program is now at the centre of a political storm in Indonesia as the country enters the lead up to elections in April with claims that the Corbys have been given special treatment and calls for Schapelle to be sent back to jail.
The controversy also follows reports that Schapelle has moved out of the luxury villa where she was holed up after her release and into the home her sister Mercedes shares with her Indonesian husband and their children.
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