Remaining ‘Bali Nine’ Prisoners Back in Australia After 19 Years
- Drug smuggling case in 2005 strained relations with Indonesia
- Nations to jointly tackle narcotics trafficking, Albanese says
Matthew Norman sits between Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen and Si Yi Chen in a Denpasar District Courtroom for their sentencing hearing in 2006.
Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Getty Images
Five of the so-called “Bali Nine” prisoners were returned to Australia, more than 19 years after their arrests in a drug smuggling case that periodically damaged ties with Indonesia.
Matthew Norman, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens, Si Yi Chen, and Michael Czugaj arrived on Sunday afternoon, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a statement.