Nearly two decades after the high-profile Bali drug bust that attracted global attention, Schapelle Corby has reemerged to discuss a new edition of her book detailing her 13-year incarceration in Indonesia’s infamous Kerobokan Prison.
The 47-year-old was convicted on May 27, 2005 for bringing 4.2 kg (9.3 lb) of cannabis into Bali.
The Denpasar District Court sentenced her to 20 years in prison; however, she received a pardon and subsequently returned to Australia in 2017.
Indonesian customs discovered the marijuana hidden in her boogie board bag upon arrival at Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport.
Tongan connection
Born in Australia but with Tongan family ties through her half-brother James Kisina, who accompanied her on the ill-fated 2004 trip, Corby’s case drew international attention and diplomatic tensions.
Now living a low-profile life, her recent comments on social media mark one of the few times she has publicly reflected on the prison experience that defined a decade of her life.
Corby reposted a photo on Instagram Stories on Tuesday comparing the national and international versions of her 2006 autobiography, which tells of her world-famous ordeal, according to Sky News.
Entitled My Story in Australia and No More Tomorrows internationally, Corby’s book recounts her survival in Bali’s notorious Kerobokan prison.
The national cover of her book shows her dressed in a floral shirt and standing before the barbed wire walls of Kerobokan.
The international version has a photo taken during her arrest in which then-27-year-old Corby looks alone and terrified behind the bars of her prison cell as she awaits trial.
She maintained the drugs were planted in her body board bag and that she did not know about them.
