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Remaining members of Bali Nine released and returned to Australia

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Publish Date
Mon, 16 Dec 2024, 6:01pm
This combo shows photos taken between 13 February, 2006 and 15 February, 2006 of Australian drug smugglers knows as the "Bali Nine": (top from left) Myuran Sukumaran, Scott Rush, Tach Duc Thanh Nguyen, Renae Lawrence, and (bottom row from left) Si Yi Chen, Matthew Norman, Michael Czugaj, Martin Stephen and Andrew Chan, at various stages of their trials in Denpasar, Bali island. Photo / AFP
This combo shows photos taken between 13 February, 2006 and 15 February, 2006 of Australian drug smugglers knows as the "Bali Nine": (top from left) Myuran Sukumaran, Scott Rush, Tach Duc Thanh Nguyen, Renae Lawrence, and (bottom row from left) Si Yi Chen, Matthew Norman, Michael Czugaj, Martin Stephen and Andrew Chan, at various stages of their trials in Denpasar, Bali island. Photo / AFP

Remaining members of Bali Nine released and returned to Australia

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 16 Dec 2024, 6:01pm

The Australian Prime Minister's thanking the Indonesian President as five men arrested almost two decades ago in a drug smuggling ring have returned to Australia.

Five remaining members of the group known as the Bali Nine are back on Australian soil.

The group was arrested in 2005 after an attempt to smuggle more than eight kilograms of heroin out of Indonesia.

Australian correspondent Oliver Peterson says there are still plenty of questions lingering following the release.

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