A plea to allow Schapelle Corby to do a lucrative TV interview has been rebuffed at ministerial level, despite her family promising not to be critical of Indonesia and arguing it was for the sake of her rehabilitation.
The Seven Network is expected to pay a seven-figure sum for the story of Corby's nine-year imprisonment in Bali for drug-smuggling charges she has always denied.
But Indonesian justice officials say the interview will likely end her parole, which took effect when she left Kerobokan jail last week amid chaotic scenes.
Mercedes Corby and husband Wayan Widyartha have been waging a campaign to get the green light for Corby's interview.
This week, the couple apparently visited Jakarta, where they visited the corrections directorate-general without getting the answer they were looking for.
They then tried to meet Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin, who granted Corby's parole, but were only able to leave a letter for him.
But Mr Syamsuddin told reporters on Friday the advice to Corby couldn't be clearer.
"What? What's with Corby?" he said.
"It's clear what the corrections board in Bali has answered to their letter, and that's what's correct. The corrections board has rejected it."
In that letter, obtained by reporters on Friday, the couple promised the interview wouldn't cast Indonesia or its justice system in a negative light.
"We hope that we can convince you that we don't intend to disrespect the Indonesian government or the Law and Human Rights Ministry, but we feel that an interview is proper and needed," the couple wrote.
The couple says the interview with a journalist they trust - the Seven Network's Mike Willesee has been staying nearby - will help Corby's mental health and also end the media circus that follows her.
"The media wants to hear Schapelle's voice and she will be haunted until they get it," the letter says.
It then outlines the topics an interview would cover, including: "life prior to her detention in 2004", "losing (her) father" and "what happened in the airport in Australia the day of her departure".
They also offer to have an official present at the interview, which they say would be "controlled" and not broadcast live. They also deny that any money has changed hands.
Mercedes Corby's visit to Jakarta comes after Bali parole board boss Ketut Artha told AAP he had also received a visit from Mr Widyartha, and told him in no uncertain terms the TV deal was "impossible".
He says Wayan Widyartha then said he would go higher.
The parole boss told AAP he was frustrated by the situation, feeling his job was on the line.
Since her release, Corby has been locked down in a luxury Bali villa where Seven Network staff are also staying, with their exclusive interview in limbo.
The Australian Federal Police had to apologise on Friday for accusing Seven's solicitor of a crime in documents to the Federal Court justifying this week's raid on the Seven Network's Sydney offices in relation to alleged payments to Corby.
The AFP said the accusation against Justine Munsie was the result of "an innocent word processing error" and that it stood by its decision to visit the offices, but Attorney-General George Brandis said he was concerned at how the incident had been handled.
