Joko Widodo visit prompts Bali Nine calls - Forbes Advocate

Convicted drug mule Renae Lawrence has pleaded with Scott Morrison to urge the Indonesian president to show leniency on five members of the Bali Nine who are still behind bars. Ms Lawrence wants the prime minister to raise the issue of their life sentences with Joko Widodo when the pair meet in Canberra on Monday. She wants reduced sentences for the remaining five members of the Bali Nine imprisoned in Indonesia, or a prisoner exchange with Australia. "These humane actions will in some small part bring our nations closer together," she told reporters on Sunday, in her first public comments since her release in 2018. In the unlikely event she could meet Mr Widodo during his visit she said she would say "sorry". "We all did something stupid, we all regret it, but everybody deserves a second chance," Ms Lawrence said. Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said any representations made on behalf of the Bali Nine would be done quietly. "Our tried and tested method is that it works far better to engage quietly, privately with governments than to do so with a loud hailer across the airwaves," he told ABC radio. Senator Birmingham said the reports were a reminder that when travelling overseas, Australians did so under the laws of other nations. Australian Associated Press

Convicted drug mule Renae Lawrence has pleaded with Scott Morrison to urge the Indonesian president to show leniency on five members of the Bali Nine who are still behind bars.

Ms Lawrence wants the prime minister to raise the issue of their life sentences with Joko Widodo when the pair meet in Canberra on Monday.

She wants reduced sentences for the remaining five members of the Bali Nine imprisoned in Indonesia, or a prisoner exchange with Australia.

"These humane actions will in some small part bring our nations closer together," she told reporters on Sunday, in her first public comments since her release in 2018.

In the unlikely event she could meet Mr Widodo during his visit she said she would say "sorry".

"We all did something stupid, we all regret it, but everybody deserves a second chance," Ms Lawrence said.

Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said any representations made on behalf of the Bali Nine would be done quietly.

"Our tried and tested method is that it works far better to engage quietly, privately with governments than to do so with a loud hailer across the airwaves," he told ABC radio.

Senator Birmingham said the reports were a reminder that when travelling overseas, Australians did so under the laws of other nations.

Australian Associated Press

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