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Alleged godfather buys new allies in jail
By Philip Cornford in Bali
April 25, 2005



For an outlay of less than $3 a day, Prisoner 7, the latest admission, has already established himself as "godfather" of the six other inmates, who occupy the two cells at the police station at Sanur, a beach resort where Balinese take their children to swim and fish.

Andrew Chan, the 21-year-old whom police allege is godfather to eight other Australians arrested for smuggling 8.3 kilograms of heroin, was moved to Sanur from Polda police headquarters last Thursday to isolate him after some of the Australians claimed he threatened to kill their families if they disobeyed his instructions.

At the small police station, Chan has a cell to himself and sleeps on a raised plywood platform. This is a luxury; the other prisoners jostle for space in the second cell and sleep on thin rattan floor mats. Neither Chan nor the others have blankets.

Asked how he felt about Chan's better conditions, Prisoner 2, Ardika, flashed a grin which revealed four missing front teeth. "Tidak apa apa," he said - bahasa for "no problems".

The Australian, who faces 10 years in jail if convicted, has won their gratitude by buying them food to augment their meagre prison rations of rice and fish, served twice a day.

"In the afternoon, when he wakes around 4pm, he gives me 20,000 rupiah ($2.64) to get food for himself and all of us," Ardika said. "I give it to the guard to buy nasi campur at the [police station] canteen. Without him, we have lousy food."

The money buys about four servings of nasi campur, a basic meal of rice, noodles, and vegetables with chicken or beef.

Chan's generosity may be partly motivated by survival; it has won him the loyalty of his fellow prisoners. "They [the media] are always offering me money to take his photo with one of their cameras," Ardika said. "They offer me 200,000 rupiah but I tell them I won't do it. I wouldn't do it for 500,000. I don't have the heart to do it to him."

In return, Ardika, who has been in the prison since April 9 for stealing a mobile telephone and $US10 from a tourist, is teaching Chan to speak bahasa.

"So far, it's simple words. Selamat pagi [good morning], makan [eat]," Ardika said.

Chan is taking the lessons seriously. Yesterday, his older brother, Michael, brought him a book on how to learn bahasa and a pad and pen, along with takeaway food and bottled water.

All the other prisoners are in jail for petty crimes, mostly theft, and are in awe of Chan, who is in for allegedly possessing heroin, a big crime, and is clearly a special prisoner because one night the guards took him all the way to Polda to be interrogated.

Unlike the others, Chan is not allowed the freedom of the prison compound.

He is locked in his cell and let out only to use the communal toilet, to take a daily shower and to see his brother, who is allowed a half-hour visit at 9am each day.


这些澳洲媒体急着帮印尼警察收集证据来证明andrew chan是god father，到底是出于什么动机？？
是不是希望靠牺牲这个华人来为其他8个白人开罪呢？？

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bringiton  在 2005-4-25 11:02 AM 发表:

Alleged godfather buys new allies in jail
By Philip Cornford in Bali
April 25, 2005



For an outlay of less than $3 a day, Prisoner 7, the latest admission, has already established himself a ...

在还没有确凿证据证明chan是主谋的前提下，此篇报道言语之间充满嘲弄的口吻，毫无怜悯之意。与此前报道其他白人嫌犯所持的同情痛心的言语形成强烈反差。