Corby Granted Prison Sentence Cutbacks

Jakarta (Antara Bali) - The prison term for Australian national Schapelle Leigh Corby, who was convicted in a drugs-related case, was reduced by six months on the 67th Indonesian Independence day, Justice and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin said on Friday.

"Corby has received a six month remission in her sentence along with fellow convict and Australian national Rene Lawrence," he added.

The minister also pointed out that the reduction in sentence granted to Corby is no different from cutbacks in the terms of other inmates, which were also based on a recommendation owing to the absence of any violation of prison term at the Correction Centers.

"Corby's name will be removed from the remission recipient list if we receive a note from the correction center complaining about her," Syamsuddin added.

He noted that remission is every inmate¿s right and should certainly not be used for discrimination, as per government regulation (PP) No. 28 year 2006, laid down in the "Terms and Procedures for Implementation of the Rights of Inmates".(IGT)