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Bali police question Australian man Michael Sacatides over alleged drug importation
- By Adam Gartrell
- October 11, 2010
BALI police have spent a second day questioning an Australian man who is facing a possible death penalty for drug importation.
Michael Sacatides, 43, was arrested at Bali's international airport on October 1 after customs officers found 1.7kg of methamphetamine, or ice, concealed in his luggage.
The kickboxing trainer from Sydney's west arrived on a flight from Thailand, where he currently resides.
The kickboxing trainer from Sydney's west arrived on a flight from Thailand, where he currently resides.
But Mr Sacatides denied the drugs - worth an estimated $A390,000 - belonged to him, telling officials he had borrowed the bag from an Indian business associate in Bangkok. Bali police are now working with Interpol to try to find the man.
Mr Sacatides underwent interrogation for the second time today, with the identity and whereabouts of the Indian man a key focus.
Mr Sacatides underwent interrogation for the second time today, with the identity and whereabouts of the Indian man a key focus.
Lawyer Erwin Siregar said his client continued to maintain his innocence throughout the questioning at Bali's police headquarters.
“He said he did not know anything about the drugs," Mr Siregar said.
Mr Sacatides could be charged under article 113 of the narcotics laws which carries a maximum penalty of death where the volume of drugs exceeds five grams.
Three Australians - Scott Rush, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran - are currently on death row in Bali's Kerobokan Prison over a 2005 attempt to smuggle more than 8kg of heroin from Bali to Australia.
Mr Sacatides could be charged under article 113 of the narcotics laws which carries a maximum penalty of death where the volume of drugs exceeds five grams.
Three Australians - Scott Rush, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran - are currently on death row in Bali's Kerobokan Prison over a 2005 attempt to smuggle more than 8kg of heroin from Bali to Australia.
All three currently have final appeals before the Indonesian courts.
Another six members of the so-called Bali Nine are serving sentences of between 20 years and life in prison over the foiled plot.
The Gold Coast's Schapelle Corby is also serving 20 years for smuggling 4.1kg of marijuana into Bali in 2004.
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v Source :
“Bali police question Australian man Michael Sacatides over alleged drug importation”
by : Adam Gartrell
v Summary :
POLRI arrested Australian man name Michael Sacatides because Bali Police found 1.7 kg of methamphetamine, or ice, concealed in his luggage on October 1, 2010 in Ngurahrai Bali. He refused the drugs is his, he told that the bag got from an Indian business associate in Bangkok and possibility he sentenced a maximum penalty of death based Indonesia law under article 113 of the narcotics laws.
Beside that POLRI also arrested International network of drugs in year 2004&2005 and the punishment for them were Jail (2004) and penalty of death (2005).
· Name : Muhamad Ramli Arrahman
· NIM : 2010 12 0002
v Opinion :
Ø Indonesia Government in this case POLRI have to force the illegal drugs by the law forceful, we can not tolerance for drugs because it can break our generation continuously, drugs is danger as like as corruptions, so I think the punishment for these criminal is penalty death. Better we lose one soul because of himself by his criminal than this country lose it generations continuously because of drugs.
Ø POLRI also do not want to be bribed by criminals, in order Indonesia Police have dignity in establishing law in Indonesia criminally.
Ø We as new generation of this country and world must keep and avoid ourselves and environment from drugs, and always make create good relation with our apparatus to protect our country from an unlawful deed, wherever and whenever.
