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  • Corby's Indonesian team wanted $500k for bribe - lawyers (Australian woman jailed for pot)

    06/24/2005 9:11:04 PM PDT · by wagglebee · 27 replies · 522+ views
    Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 6/23/05 | MATTHEW MOORE
    Schapelle Corby's lawyers tried to get the Australian Government to give them $500,000 to bribe the Indonesian judges overseeing her appeal, two Perth lawyers claimed yesterday. Mark Trowell, one of two QCs asked by the Government to help her case, said the request was made earlier this month at a meeting he attended in Bali. Corby's Indonesian lawyers also requested in a written document that $500,000 be forwarded to them from the Australian Government for "lobbying". Mr Trowell said Corby was unaware of the request, which was rejected immediately. Mr Trowell and fellow Perth lawyer Phillip Laskaris were initially sounded...