Mercedes Corby, sister of convicted Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, has arrived at Kerobokan Prison ahead of her sister’s expected release.
Pulling up on a motorbike driven by her husband Wayan, Mercedes pushed through the rowdy media pack, making her way into the prison. She refused to make any comment to waiting media, with her only interest seeing her sister.
Mercedes Corby has left around an hour later pushing her way through waiting media.
She told reporters that the Corby family continue to wait for news of Schapelle’s release.
“Can you please give us some privacy. We don’t know yet,” she said.
Mercedes’ husband Wayan spoke in Balinese telling reporters: “We don’t know when she will be released. We keep on praying and, like all of you, hoping for the best”.
The couple were at the prison to have a meeting with the Australian consulate staff and the jail governor to discuss the details of Schapelle’s release.
If the Schapelle’s parole papers are signed by the Justice Minister the jail governor will need to sign off on her parole conditions.
Indonesian Minister of Justice Amir Syamsuddin is set to decide Schapelle’s fate this afternoon.
It is expected that he will announce Schapelle’s parole, with fellow prisoners at the Kerobokan jail telling reporters that she is currently waiting alone in the prison’s ‘release room’.
The announcement is expected to come at a press conference held by Indonesian authorities scheduled for this afternoon at 5.30pm AEDT.
If Schapelle’s parole is not announced today, she will have to wait at least another two days as the justice system closes down over the weekend.
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