Australian Sandra Sheed escorted by immigration officer after her release from Kerobokan jail. Source: Supplied
Some Indonesian politicians say Schapelle Corby's bid for parole should be rejected. Source: News Limited
AS one Australian woman was freed from Bali's Kerobokan Jail today, opposition continues to grow within the Indonesian parliament against Schapelle Corby's parole.
Former Perth woman, Sandra Cindy Sheed, was freed from jail after serving an eight-month sentence for theft from her boyfriend.
But former Queenslander Corby's release faces new obstacles on the back of the diplomatic row over revelations Australia spied on the Indonesian president's mobile phone in 2009.
Authorities in Bali have given the parole the green light but the application is now in Jakarta, waiting for departmental and ministerial approval.
And lawmakers from within Indonesia's House of Representatives continue to oppose her parole, saying that the current tension between Australia and Indonesia should be taken into account.
Commission III of the House of Representatives, which oversees legal affairs, is planning to call the Justice Minister before it to discuss the issue of Corby's parole.
Syarifuddin Suding, leader of the Hanura party faction at the House of Representatives and a member of the commission, told News Ltd that most members of the powerful committee agreed that the Minister should reject Corby's parole application.
"I have told the Law and Human Rights Minister not to give parole for Corby. If government gives parole to Corby, it will be a bad precedent for Indonesia's attempt against international drug rings. It will not give deterrent effect for them," Mr Suding said.
"Most of commission III members have agreed to recommend the Law and Human Right Minister to reject Corby's parole application. She should not be released," he said.
Mr Suding said the current tensions over the spy allegations should be taken into account when considering the parole bid and the President's decision last year to grant Corby clemency.
"As a sovereign nation, Indonesia must show that we are not easily underestimated, or even abused by other nations," Mr Suding said.
"The tension between Indonesia and Australia should be used as consideration."
Mr Suding said the President should revoke his decision, last year, to grant Corby a five-year sentence cut in response to her plea for clemency.
On her release today, a smiling Sheed, 42, was picked up from the jail by two officers from the Immigration Department. Outside the jail she said that she was feeling good and wasn't planning on returning to jail.
Sheed will now be deported back to Australia.
Kerobokan Jail Governor Farid Junaedi said he had met Sheed before her release and given her suggestions for coping with life on the outside.
"I met her this morning. And she looked good, she always say yes for what I suggested to her," Farid said. He said that Sheed had behaved well in jail.
Sheed, a long-term Bali resident, was convicted earlier this year of stealing a raft of household items from her former boyfriend, Stephen Blackwell.
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