When you're approached by some stranger offering you ganja, you're best bet is to say NO.

Was he framed? We still don't know for sure. But one question remains, hasn't he ever heard the word NO?

You know what heartless is? Keeping 50 of Indonesian children in adult prison, while at the same time asking for forgiveness for this boy. Not only heartless, but full of hypocrisy as well.

Anyway, why are you using someone else's name?

@slumberless: What you are describing is not entrapment. Approaching someone with a hard luck story, "please buy this ganja because I have not eaten for 3 days", is. You get your facts straight !

You make out that didi is heartless by saying she does not care what Australia does; I quote, "Of course you don't care about what Australian do", you have twisted her meaning entirely. When I read her comments I find the opposite of what you infer is true.

What is dk saying? Is she not saying that she finds it disappointing and very sad that a young boy is in jail having been manipulated by the Indonesian police, entrapped, for gain not good. We all know, that is most likely exactly what has happened.

If you are in any doubt about what happens in Bali, might I suggest you read Hotel K. Go here to get the general picture of your justice system on the tourist paradise isle of Bali. I hope you have a strong stomach. Please excuse the link WebEd: http://m.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2011/0318/1224292498382.html

Police disguising themselves as drug dealer, prostitute is a quite common thing. In fact the same tactics are used in Australia. Get your facts straight !

Of course you don't care about what Australian do. And I'm sure you don't give a damn about 50 of our children being locked up in Australian adult prison. You don't care at all. All you care is about this 14 year old Australian boy.

The thing is, he didn't just buy potato chips. He didn't have to buy the stuff, but he did. He even bragged about it to the shopkeeper. He probably was showing off to his friends , trying to be a smartarse and mocking Indonesian laws.

At the end of the day I am very sympathetic towards a young boy who has made a 'stupid' mistake. If it was my choice, I would send him back to Australia with suitable comments about what he has done in our country.

I think our police are mostly criminals, and many are sadistic, evil human beings.

I think that the prospect of this boy, barely beyond a child, spending 6 years in one of our disgusting prisons, will destroy his life, and I don't think he deserves that.

slumberless - if a police case is found to have been formed upon entrapment in the US, and in the UK, a country i have practised in, the case will be thrown out of court. It is against the law. Don't quote anything that you cannot support.

I don't care what the Australians do. I refuse to measure my morals based on those of other people. If it wrong its wrong.

Dungdang - dito

Didi,

It's a common practice for "drug dealers" to work together with the police here in Indo, but then again the same practice happens in Australia, U.S, and other parts of the world. So?

I believe my statement is far from heartless.

IF (note that IF) he has done the crime, then he must be punished accordingly. I'm quiet sure it applies in every so called "civilized society".

Talk about heartless, Australia asks Indonesian government to consider this Australian boy as a minor, while 50 Indonesian children has been arrested and put into maximum security prison in Australia. Now that's what I call hypocrisy in its truest form.

One must wonder is it really necessary to put our children in maximum security prison? Once again our weak government has done a great job protecting our children.