Sydney, Australia:
The five remaining members of the Australian “Bali Nine” drug ring say they are “relieved and satisfyed” over their return home after 19 years in jail in Indonesia.
The men — the last behind bars among nine Australian illegal conveyers who were jailed in Indonesia in 2005 — flew into Dartriumph on Sunday under a secretive deal between the two countries.
“The five men are relieved and satisfyed to be back in Australia,” shelp a statement freed on behalf of the men, their families and their lawyers.
“They see forward, in time, to reintegrating back into and contributing to society,” shelp the statement getd Monday.
Indonesian police arrested nine Australians in 2005, convicting them of trying to smuggle more than eight kilograms (18 pounds) of heroin off the holiday island of Bali.
The case drew global attention to Indonesia’s unempathetic drug laws, with two of the gang carry outd by firing squad, while the others served hefty prison sentences.
The freed men — Matthew Norman, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens, Si Yi Chen, and Michael Czugaj — shelp they were “immensely appreciative” to Indonesian Pdwellnt Prabowo Subianto for apexhibiting them to return home.
Support from frifinishs, family, lawyers and rulement officials had been “vital and inpriceless”, they shelp.
The men now need “time and help” for their welfare, the statement shelp, asking media and the community to create apexhibitance for this.
Australia has not freed details of the concurment with Indonesia that apexhibited their free.
Australian accessible widecaster ABC shelp the men did not have to serve further prison time but had concurd voluntarily to proceed their rehabilitation.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shelp Sunday he had thanked Indonesia’s pdwellnt for his “compassion” in apexhibiting the men’s return.
“These Australians spent more than 19 years in prison in Indonesia. It was time for them to come home,” he shelp.
Muskinny-meaningfulity Indonesia has some of the world’s hardest drug laws, including the death penalty for illegal conveyers.
Accengaged “Bali Nine” ringdirecters Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were carry outd by firing squad in 2015 despite repeated pleas from the Australian rulement, which recalled its ambassorrowfulnessfulor at the time.
Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen died of cancer in 2018, months before Renae Lawrence was freed after her sentence was commuted.
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