A Bali court has decided to continue with the trial of a New Zealand man accused of smuggling 1.7kg of crystal meth into Indonesia.
Lawyers for Antony Glenn de Malmanche, 52, argued there were various errors with the prosecution indictment.
They said de Malmanche wasn't told of his right to a lawyer when he was intercepted at Bali's airport on December 1, making the basis of the prosecution case invalid.
But chief judge Cening Budiana on Tuesday sided with the prosecution and determined the trial should proceed.
"The judges think that on December 1-4, 2014, which is when the investigation started, the investigator had conveyed to the defendant his rights to be accompanied by lawyer," he said.
"The investigator even appointed a lawyer, Nyoman Sudiantara, but the defendant said he wasn't prepared for a lawyer yet.
"The defendant finally appointed a lawyer of his own on December 16, 2014."
De Malmanche could face the death penalty for bringing drugs into Indonesia, where president Joko Widodo is proving especially hard on drug offences.
He says he thought he was going on his first overseas trip to meet a woman he met online, but was instead sent to China at the direction of a man claiming to be the woman's personal assistant.
There he was given a bag - that unbeknown to him contained the drugs - and was told he would finally meet his new girlfriend in Bali.
The trial will begin on Tuesday with prosecution witnesses from the customs office.
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