FED:NSW gvt to seek advice on Bali boy support

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2011
FED:NSW gvt to seek advice on Bali boy support

SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says he will seek advice if asked to
provide support to a teenager convicted in Bali of drug possession.

The 14-year-old from Morisset Park, near Newcastle, arrived in Sydney on Monday after
spending two months in detention in Indonesia.

"If support is sought, we'll seek that advice," Mr O'Farrell told reporters in western Sydney.

"I know government agencies have been working on this matter with the family."

Airport staff told AAP on Monday the boy was aboard a Virgin flight from Denpasar that
landed at Sydney Airport at 9.53am (AEDT).

The boy admitted to carrying 3.6 grams of marijuana when he was arrested on October
4 in the tourist area of Kuta, where he was on holiday with his parents.

A district court on November 25 handed the teenager a two-month jail sentence for marijuana
possession, deducting the eight weeks he had already spent in detention.

Mr O'Farrell said the boy's experience should act as a warning to other travellers.

"When people travel to other countries they need to understand the laws of those countries,
particularly when it comes to issues around drugs, and they need to respect those laws,"

he said.

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