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02.06.05, 03:48
W Australii zwyczajni ludzie sa oburzeni ciaglym poparciem
doszczetnie skorumpowanych elit australiskich dla jeszcze
bardziej skorupmowanego rezymu w Indonezji, i biora sprawy
we wlasne rece:
www.theage.com.au/news/National/Biological-attack-linked-to-Corby/2005/06/02/1117568292860.html?oneclick=true
Biological attack 'linked to Corby' June 2, 2005 - 10:32AM
There was a connection between the suspected biological terror attack on the Indonesian embassy and Schapelle Corby, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
The prime minister said he had been briefed on the contents of a letter, written in Indonesian, accompanying a bacterial powder sent to the Indonesian ambassador in Canberra yesterday.
Mr Howard refused to detail the contents of the letter but said he had no reason not to believe the attack was linked to Corby's conviction for drug smuggling in Bali.
"I've been briefed on the substance of the letter but because that is part of the investigation I am not going to talk about what I've been told, and I hope your listeners will understand that," he told John Laws on Southern Cross Broadcasting.
"You asked me; 'Has it been translated?' and the answer to that question is yes.
"I have been briefed on the broad substance of the letter but because the substance of the letter and what is in it is material to the police investigation, I do not at this stage want to say anything further."
Asked if the attack was related to the Corby case, Mr Howard replied: "It's hard to escape the belief that there was a connection, let's put it that way.
"I have no reason to alter that but you shouldn't read anything into that."
Mr Howard said the embassy incident would not hurt relations between the Australian and Indonesian governments but would undoubtedly have an impact on how some Indonesians viewed Australia.
He stressed people should not overdramatise the impact of what had happened.
"I think it's important that we don't throw up our arms in horror and say the relationship is destroyed," he said.
"Things like this happen.
"When something infinitely worse, namely the murder of 88 Australians in Bali occurred in Bali in 2002, it wasn't an expression of the attitude of the Balinese people.
"The Balinese people in fact retained the affection of visiting Australians."
Mr Howard said he had always been impressed by the way Australians had continued to have affection for the Balinese after the bombing, separating the murderers from the rest of the population.
"(In the same way) I am sure good-thinking Indonesians will say to themselves, this is unfortunate, don't like it, terrible behaviour but that's not the Australia I know ... and therefore I'm not going to hold it against Australia," he said.
"But clearly not everybody is as logical and compassionate as that and it will have some affect but the relationship at a government level is strong."
Mr Howard said what happened to Corby was a tragedy.
"People have to understand when they go abroad they go beyond the justice system of Australia and they are in the hands of the justice system of Indonesia or Malaysia or the United States or Britain," he said.
"We can't do anything about that."
Mr Howard said the only way to avoid this was to stay home which young Australians would never do.
He said Australia would not help the Indonesian people by staying away from Bali.
"The great majority of Australians that I spoke to in the wake of the Bali attack continue to have enormous affection for the Balinese people and were upset that the attack had such a negative effect on the economy and the life of the Balinese people," he said.
- AAP
