Mercedes, Meleane and Schapelle Corby. Source: Supplied
SCHAPELLE Corby's chances of getting parole have been given a boost after Indonesia's Justice Minister met her in prison today and emerged to say that only technical issues now needed to be sorted out.
Schapelle's sister Mercedes welcomed the positive news.
"We are still hopeful that Schapelle will be granted parole. It's nice that the Justice Minister met with her today and had positive news," Mercedes said.
Mercedes continues to recuperate at home after being mugged and bashed on the weekend.
She did not want to comment on her condition or the assault.
But her husband Wayan Widiartha said: "She is recovering well and better today."
The sister of Schapelle Corby has left hospital after being treated for an assault in Bali. Courtesy: Nine News
Indonesian Justice and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin visited Kerobokan prison today and went to see the jail's workshop and women's block.
After the visit Mr Syamsuddin said he had met Corby briefly and he said there was a chance for Corby to be released on parole.
"She should be here (in Bali) and someone should be able to give her a job, to support her financially. And it is technical issues that we must sort out together but I don't close that chance (for Corby to get parole)," Mr Syamsuddin said after the jail visit.
"I met with all women inmates one by one, nothing special. And I met Corby just for a second," he said.
The comments are good news for Corby's family, who are working on getting all documents necessary to lodge the parole application.
Part of the application also involves Corby's willingness to be a "justice collaborator" or to work with authorities to uncover the network behind her case.
This is problematic for Corby because she has always maintained her innocence and will never admit guilt.
On that, Mr Syamsuddin said: "To be a justice collaborator is the willingness to make a statement to co-operate with the law enforcers to uncover the case she knows."
Mercedes and her Balinese husband Wayan Widiartha have already agreed to support her financially and have her live with them in Kuta when she is released.
The Australian Government has now also provided a letter of guarantee for her. And the local Kuta commuity leaders have also supplied letters, supporting her parole application and agreeing to have Schapelle live in their community.
A loophole in new Immigration laws, which does not specify the visa type to be given to foreigners on parole, now needs to be closed in order for the application to be lodged. Authorities have suspended parole applications from foreigners until the loophole is sorted out.
Meanwhile police in Kuta say that they have yet to take a formal complaint and statement from Mercedes regarding the assault upon her early Saturday morning.
She is recuperating at home, in her husband's family compound after being released from hospital on Tuesday where she had surgery on a broken nose.
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