Thank you "I just want to fly" for your balanced post.
Firstly let me say I do feel sorry for the many Balinese folks who are the end result of any backlash.
Having said that, perhaps they are the very key to challenging the local bureaucracy to a more balanced legal system that would see this scenario differently.
Considering the events just unfolding, I would ask you as a travel agent to at least advise your customers of the dangers that exist in travelling to these destinations.
Let’s get one thing clear, whether Shapelle is innocent or not:
“The fact is clear that if you are in possession, you have little, if not any defence from prosecution. Even if you had no idea how the possession came to be.”
And the local CSI team are probably not going to be of much help!!!!
The point I am trying to make here is that if you are found with something in your possession that may have been planted, for what ever reason, you will wear it – THAT IS DANGEROUS!
I restate my point that I will advise others to avoid Indonesia at all costs. If that is unprofessional and you wish to make a complaint - go right ahead. But how that is political is lost on me.
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