Bali drug boy’s family taunts media scrum

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An Australian teenager who was convicted of marijuana possession in Bali has touched down in Sydney.



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Secrecy … the Morisset Park home of the Bali boy / Pic: Liam Driver
Source: The Daily Telegraph


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Home at last … the Bali boy leaves Indonesia / Pic: AFP
Source: The Daily Telegraph





THE Bali drug boy spent his first few hours at home hidden from inquisitive media behind hessian screens.


As the Bali drug boy and his father finally arrived home from their ordeal they went to extraordinary lengths to dodge local reporters – from ducking out a side door at the airport and taking a bush trek home, to wrapping their house in hessian to keep out prying eyes, The Daily Telegraph reported.

But even that didn’t stop the 14-year-old – who told an Indonesian court 10 days ago he was remorseful and ashamed of his recent behaviour – from goading the waiting media by whistling, sniggering and gesturing from behind the shielded windows.

The father joined his son’s shenanigans in the afternoon, taking photographs out the window and laughing loudly.

By coincidence, a Channel 9 journalist sat beside the boy on their overnight flight from Indonesia.

Channel 9 maintain they have not struck a deal with the family, despite media sources suggesting a $350,000 deal has been signed. “Nothing has changed. Nine does not have a deal with the boy or his family,” a spokesman said.

After landing at Sydney airport, the boy and his dad avoided a large media pack thanks to some special treatment by the Australian Federal Police who helped them out a side door.

They were led to a waiting car driven by the boy’s uncle. The AFP defended the move, saying they are “routinely present with significant movements through Australian airports” and that it was merely assisting the Department of Foreign Affairs.

DFAT said it was just helping after the family asked for assistance in getting out of the airport “quickly”.

The car drove straight to their newly covered-up Morisset Park home on the Central Coast, where they trekked through bushland and neighbouring properties to get to their home, rather than driving in the driveway. The boy’s older brother had been seen the night before tacking up sheets of hessian.

Once inside, the boy spent his first afternoon of freedom after two months in a Bali detention centre for drug possession goading the press.

But once the family grew tired of their games the father called the police.

Two officers arrived about 3pm and spoke with the father. “He said he wants you all charged and dragged away,” police said. After ensuring the media were on public property, the police left.

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