Bali drugs case teenager is jailed
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November 26, 2011, Saturday
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AN Australian teenager was yesterday sentenced to two months in detention for buying drugs while on holiday with his family on Indonesia's resort island of Bali.
Presiding Judge Amzer Simanjuntak told Denpasar district court that, taking into account time served, the 14-year-old would be freed in just over a week and immediately deported.
Though he could have faced up to 12 years under Indonesia's tough narcotics laws, the panel of three judges said it was lenient because he admitted buying 3.6 grams of marijuana and repeatedly expressed remorse.
The teen, who has been in an immigration detention center since his October 4 arrest, earlier promised to enter a drug rehabilitation program if he was allowed to return home.
He said he had been struggling for some time with addiction.
Presiding Judge Amzer Simanjuntak told Denpasar district court that, taking into account time served, the 14-year-old would be freed in just over a week and immediately deported.
Though he could have faced up to 12 years under Indonesia's tough narcotics laws, the panel of three judges said it was lenient because he admitted buying 3.6 grams of marijuana and repeatedly expressed remorse.
The teen, who has been in an immigration detention center since his October 4 arrest, earlier promised to enter a drug rehabilitation program if he was allowed to return home.
He said he had been struggling for some time with addiction.
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