Schapelle Corby’s countdown to deportation begins

Medical authorities have given Schapelle Corby the green light as she prepares to depart for Australia on Saturday.

Schapelle Corby was given the all clear by a Kerobokan prison doctor as she began ticking off the final few obstacles to finishing her sentence.

“Healthy, yes, healthy,” the doctor told reporters outside her Kuta home after performing a routine medical exam.

Corby is due to be deported from Indonesia on Saturday evening.

Bali’s Governor Mangku Pastika said he hoped she has learned her lesson.

“We hope that she will never repeat it again.

"Be careful.”

Heneky Widjaja of the Bali Police Department said officers will be relieved when she departs.

“With the intense pressure from Corby’s case, the police department of Bali will feel very relieved when the whole thing is done.”

Schapelle Corby served nine years in prison and three years on parole after being convicted of smuggling 4.1 kilograms of marijuana.

She was originally sentenced to 20 years, but received time off for good behaviour and clemency from then-President Susilo Bambang Yudhiyono.

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By Rhiannon Elston
Source: SBS World News

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