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?

[aps1080]

They didn't "bring her home" as such, the Chinese released her and allowed her or gave her permission to leave the country.

They do do it for all citizens but if you get convicted, you have no hope.

This lady wasn't charged and was free to leave.

[azureline**]

[cherry*135]

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@azureline** wrote:

That has little to do with the situation, if they can bring home a person who has been implicated, in a foreign country, of drug smuggling, surely they must do the same for all Au citizens?

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Well, no, how could that be when they would be dealing with lots of different countries Govt's? Some might be amenable to discusions/negotiations re an Australian in jail, others might have the attitude we will deal with them when we feel like it, don't interfere in our countries justice system.

Implicated is no way a permanent status like 'being charged' is.

[aps1080]

Some here seem to think we can go in and DICTATE to other countries willy nilly if one of our citizens is jailed.

In some countries, that would automatically get more added to the sentance as well as a "we'll look at it in a year

and not before.

As above said, some are amenable some not. Helps if we have all 3 military, diplomatic and political links.

[lloydslights]

Had a "blast from the past" about a former school associate the other day.  

It appears that he is available (and appears to be "on the books" of DFAT) as a diplomatic legal representative available in a (named) asian country.

And from previous knowledge of him, I believe he wouldn't do it for nothing.

DEB

[azureline**]

It seems she was arrested............. I still think it's odd that she got home so quickly and the secrecy indicates there was more going on.

Why did her family report her missing?

[iapetus_rocks]

Maybe her friend who also got arrested with her claimed full responsibilty and denied that she had taken any part in the smuggling.

Who knows?

[fourandsixpants]

maybe his Daddy does not have the same connections

[cherry*135]

Families who have family members charged, convicted, imprsoned oseas, do ask the Aust Govt for help.

There is nothing to prove Julie Bishop has given this girl any more assistance than any other Aust oseas would get.

She hadn't been charged with any offence. 

Who knows exactly why the Chinese decided to let her out of jail and tell her she can go home.

[cherry*135]

Peter Greste - 

Peter was convicted of reporting false news and endangering Egypt’s national security. He was sentenced to seven years jail. He remains in Cairo’s Tora Prison.

Differences:

He has been convicted & sentenced.

No-one should assume the Egyptian Govt might co-operate with the Australian Govt in the same way that China may have done.