Thread: 14 year old Australian boy arrested on drug charges

Originally Posted by soontobeexpat

A close friend of mine is one of the Examples indonesia has made out of Aussies drug trafficking, he is a house hold name. The same kind of rubbihs came out about how it was a set up, he was trapped etc. I love my friend dearly however in the end he wasnt set up, he willingly accepted an offer to traffic drugs back to australia with 8 other people for money and just happened to get caught along the way. Is the death penalty appropriate? I dont think so but this is why i dont traffic heroin.

This kid willingly purchased the weed, no one ever knows who is selling drugs really, its always a secret. Okay you go to your dealer but you never know who your dealer is working for. Its sad, so sad that he is spending his time there however he did do the crime. He accepted, he paid and Im sure he had a big smirk on his face for the next 50 minutes. I hope he does come home in a speedy way so hes not traumatised but has learnt a lesson.

If Australia is going to kick up this big fuss then okay, we need to a. acknowledge that we have 93 juveniles - the youngest being 13 sitting in maximum security jails in W.A who majority of them can only speak Sasak not Indonesian and do not have translators in with them, only for official conversations. They are subjected to cavity searches daily, they are kept in jumpsuits and cable tied around the openings of the jumpsuit to meet with visiotrs, they are housed amongst the general population and are sleeping with adults who do heinous crimes. b. if we know Indonesia's judicial system is terrible for children then we need to make sure any child that is going to be subject to that legal system has the right to a fair trial - Indonesian or western. if it has to be then Australia needs to throw money at that service. Its not right to accept an Indonesian being subject to it but not a precious little white child.

These 93 juveniles in the jails here are in there for being a part of the people smuggling syndicate the government say. They weredeck hands, cooks, cleaners from poor villages and a well known case he was paid 200,000 IDR for the trip. is it fair that i go to jail if my boss ioperating an illegal business that I know nothing of?

Well said, and i was not aware of these children in Australian jails, now going to google and find out all the details.
Jail is not a "walk in the park" for adults, let alone children

Originally Posted by scout

Well said, and i was not aware of these children in Australian jails, now going to google and find out all the details.
Jail is not a "walk in the park" for adults, let alone children

Scot the sad thing is is alot of these kids can only speak sasak.. Not many can speak bahasa because of the lack of education in thier village so if they were that poor that generations havent been to school, havent learnt bahasa its pretty much fact these kids also do not have TV's, an internet service or access to newspapers. It would be unlikeley they are aware of the legalities behind this new great job that lets them come here. They go without translators and Hakea has no security division as its remand, they were initially held on Christmas Isalnd (14 when he was held on xmas 16 years old when he was in Hakea) and moved down to Hakea in Cannington, Perth. Hakea does not seperate prisoners based on crime.. You can be housed with a murderer or someone who owes a speeding fine.

I just cant stand this Western supremacist attitude held towards Indonesians.. Whether we are tourists their, they are living here, we commit a crime their or vice versa..

I think western supremacist is the right description. I dont know.