Well Well Well, one rule for some, different for others.

[azureline**]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/kalynda-davis-home-22-year-old-allowed-to-leave-china-after-dr...

I wonder, is it different if your dad is a policeman?

Ms Bishop has done a good job here. I wonder why the parents of other drug traffickers, who said it wasn't their drugs, didn't get the same help?

[Anonymous]

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@azureline** wrote:

so............... why did Ms Bishop step in this time?

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because of our relationship with china ???

i heard on the news she was already negotiating

during g20.

[aps1080]

Talk about blowing things out of all proportion.

"Life threatening two weeks".

Why did Bishop get involved. Probably because the evidence said so and the Chinese agreed.

Unlike say Corby where the innuendo and AFP briefings would have said otherwise, hence the lukewarm response.

[aps1080]

"But any Australian in difficulties abroad can ask for help."

It's automatic, to a point.

 It does help that we have extremely good relationship with China at the HIGHEST levels and they "owe" us at the moment.

[***super_nova***]

"Ms Davis and her New Zealand partner Peter Gardner,​ who also has Australian citizenship, were arrested at a Chinese airport after allegedly being caught with 36 kilos of the drug ice in their luggage. They were accused of trying to import the drug into Australia and potentially faced the death penalty for the crime. "

36kg!!!  How could she not know something about it.   Woudn't she notice that her suitcase is somewhat more havy than it used to be?   Maybe he said that she did not know, and that the drugs are his, and that is why they let her go?

[cherry*135]

Is The Daily Telegraph story accurate though.. they aren't usually.

I don't know why the NZ Govt is being quoted. Mr Gardner is a NZ ciitizen?

Kalynda Davis' exit from China shrouded in mystery

Australian officials did not negotiate with their Chinese counterparts and had nothing to do with the release of Penrith woman Kalynda Davis, the New Zealand government has claimed.

However, the mystery surrounding her sudden and secretive release from China grew on Wednesday with New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade saying that no negotiations were ever held.

Earlier reports suggested that Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop had played a role in a delicate diplomatic rescue operation involving weeks of intense negotiations by Australian consular officials in China.

However, New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday that the decision to release Ms Davis was China's alone.

"We understand the decision to release Ms Davis rested solely with Chinese authorities. The Australian government has advised that no negotiations were held to secure Ms Davis' release, neither by consular officials nor by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop," a spokesman told the New Zealand Herald.

It is not yet clear why Ms Davis was released but Mr Gardner wasn't.

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade would not comment on media reports that she was released because her name was not on the luggage or she was carrying hand luggage only.

Mr Stella (close friend) wrote on Monday that the amount of drugs was not 75 kilograms, that it "wasn't even on her" and she was never charged.

Read more

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/kalynda-davis-exit-from-china-shrouded-in-mystery-20141210-1248bh.html

[azureline**]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/the-top-secret-mission-to-save-kalynda-davis-from-a-c...

DFAT appointed Canberra-based Claire Went to be the family’s liaison.

Drug-trafficking can potentially carry the death penalty in China or life imprisonment.

But Ms Went helped the family hold together. Every step of the way.

“Without the support of Ms Went we would not have been able to get through this difficult time,’’ Ms Davis’ parents, Larry and Jenny, said in a statement yesterday.

[cherry*135]

Australian woman on drugs charges goes home, Kiwi still in Chinese jail

Ms Davis' parents thanked Australian authorities for negotiating with the Chinese government and authorities. They also commended Chinese authorities for their "professional and honourable" investigation of the case.

Sydney's Daily Telegraph reported that Australian consular officials spent more than three weeks in China in intense negotiations to try and prove Kalynda Davis was not aware of the A$80 million (NZ$86.3 million) package.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop was overseeing the negotiations, keeping them strictly under wraps so as not to jeopardise the sensitive talks, which also involved local and Chinese lawyers.

Ministers were told on a need-to-know basis amid fears that bad publicity could sabotage negotiations.

Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs were convinced they had a chance at saving Ms Davis, but understood the fragility of the situation. Ms Bishop was kept informed the whole time.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=11371739

[cherry*135]

Kalynda was reported (by her parents) as missing  from her home a few days before she went to China?  Odd for a 22 year old.

How is this for sensationalised headlines? The Daily Mail UK

Inside the secret three-week diplomatic mission to save accused drug smuggler Kalynda Davis from a Chinese firing squad… as her family gather to celebrate her release

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2866632/We-delighted-Kalynda-home-Relatives-joy-accused-drug...

[aps1080]

Ms Davis' parents thanked Australian authorities for negotiating with the Chinese government and authorities. They also commended Chinese authorities for their "professional and honourable" investigation of the case.

So much for the Gov't not doing anything. Liason appointed, negotiations conducted, probably favours called in

- from our good response to the search for MH370, we are in credit with the Chinese !!!

The second sentance is the "face saver" that the Chinese require, no loss of face !

"Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop was overseeing the negotiations, keeping them strictly under wraps so as not to jeopardise the sensitive talks, which also involved local and Chinese lawyers.

Which is what I said. Publicity, except to satisfy the media's insatiable appetitie for news achieves nothing.

We and especially the media do NOT need to know what is going on.

WILK

Any comment ??????

Since you had a snipe at me before, my opinion has been confirmed.

[azureline**]

The whole thing is odd........ I wonder if other families will now be asking Ms Bishop for the same assistance for their loved ones?