Schapelle Corby has started packing her bags as the Indonesian justice minister, Amir Syamsuddin, prepares to reveal her fate this afternoon.
Woman’s Day understands that Schapelle has started packing her personal belongings in the hope that her parole papers will be signed today.
The justice minister has called a press conference in Bali at 5:30pm Sydney time to announce whether he has signed off on Schapelle Corby’s release papers.
The 36-year-old convicted Australian drug smuggler has her parole papers among 1700 others submitted to the justice minister.
His signature is the last thing that is needed before Schapelle can be released.
However, there are other processes that need to take place before she can walk free from Kerobokan Prison.
First, the papers need to be signed off by the Prison Governor, Prosecutor’s Office and Board of Corrections.
Schapelle was sentenced to 20 years in the Bali prison in 2005 after being found with 4.2kg of marijuana in her body board bag.
Good behaviour remissions and a clemency reduction shortened her sentence. In May 2012, the Indonesian president cut a further five years from Schapelle’s 20-year sentence, in addition to the 27 months’ remission she had been granted.
