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BALI - Convicted Australian cannabis smuggler Schapelle Corby has been denied a Christmas day reduction in her sentence because she had a mobile phone in her jail cell earlier this year.
The governor of Bali's Kerobokan Prison Ilham Djaja today said Corby was not among 81 prisoners recommended for a sentence reduction to mark today's religious holiday in Indonesia.
"We didn't suggest her (to have sentence reduction) because she is still under punishment over violation of hand phone usage inside the prison a few months ago," Djaja said.
"One violation means one year of no remission," Djaja said.
It is the second time Corby has been denied a sentence reduction this year because of the mobile phone indiscretion, with the Gold Coast beauty student also missing out on Indonesia's Independence Day in August.
Corby was arrested in October 2004 at Denpasar Airport with 4.2kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag after arriving on a flight from Australia.
She was jailed for 20 years but has maintained her innocence.
She is awaiting a decision on her last-ditch appeal from Indonesia's Supreme Court.
The news was better for Bali nine member Renae Lawrence, also an inmate at Kerobokan Prison.
Djaja said Lawrence was one of 14 inmates whose sentence reduction suggestion had gone to the director general for consideration.
"For Renae Lawrence, we are still waiting for approval from (the) director general because for some convicted in cases of drugs ... they must get approval from director general," he said.
"I hope there will be no problem for Renae."
Lawrence was part of a nine-member ring that tried to smuggle 8.2kg of heroin from the Indonesian resort island to Australia.
Six of them are on death row. Lawrence is serving a 20-year jail term for her part in the plot.
The group was caught by Indonesian police in April 2005 following a tip-off from Australian Federal Police.
- AAP
