Bali reassurance

Bali reassurance

Bali reassurance
Local Australia News

The parents of the NSW teenager facing drug charges in Bali have ''vigorously denied'' they have sealed a lucrative media deal to tell their story, taking the rare step of issuing a press release to reject suggestions they were profiting from their ''son's misfortune''. The release, issued through their Indonesian lawyers Austrindo, describes the 14-year-old's father as a ''successful businessman'' who ''does not need the money that has been suggested''. Following weekend reports about a deal worth up to $300,000 with Channel Nine, representatives for the television station flatly denied yesterday any deal. The Indonesian judge handling the case, Judge Amser Simanjuntak, said any media deal would have ''no effect'' on his decision-making.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines