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SCHAPELLE Corby is a step closer to freedom after a key meeting of senior Correctional Board officials in Jakarta.
The meeting, to discuss her parole, was held late last week but officials are saying only that Corby's parole application is still being processed.
It is not known if the meeting decided to officially recommend that the 36-year-old's parole bid be approved or whether it has been put over for further discussion.
Department of Corrections spokesman Akbar Hadi Prabowo said on Monday: "Yes, we held the meeting on Thursday. The meeting also discussed Corby's parole … Corby's parole application is still being processed."
Waiting ... officials are saying only that Schappelle Corby's parole application is still being processed.
Sources close to the Corby family say that they have not yet been informed about the meeting or its outcome.
Suggestions on Channel 7 that the family was celebrating were completely false, the source said.
Once the meeting approves her parole and makes a formal recommendation there is just one more step before she can walk out of Kerobokan Jail to her family and relative freedom in Bali - Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin must sign-off and give his approval to her parole.
Mr Syamsuddin has already publicly indicated that Corby is entitled to parole and that he will sign the papers granting it.
Long process ... Schapelle Corby, pictured in 2006, has been eligible for parole for almost 18 months now after serving two-thirds of her sentence. Source: AFP
But the time frame on when the minister would give the final sign-off and sources say it could takes weeks or months more, especially as Indonesian politicians are now in pre-election mode for the upcoming April parliamentary elections.
Then, more than 10 years after she was arrested at Bali airport with 4.2kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag, Corby will taste freedom for the first time.
Under her parole conditions, she must remain living in Bali until the expiration of her sentence and she must serve an extra year on supervision meaning she will not be allowed to leave Indonesia until 2017.
Conditions ... Schapelle Corby must live with her sister Mercedes in Bali while on parole. Source: Supplied
Corby has been eligible for parole for almost 18 months now - after serving two-thirds of her sentence - but has faced a series of bureaucratic hurdles which have made the parole application a lengthy process.
The latest was the need for the Indonesian Immigration Department to provide a letter declaring that she did not require a "stay permit" to remain living in Bali on parole.
That was finally provided earlier this month and together with a guarantee from the Australian Government, forms part of the strict conditions under which Corby must live in Bali while on parole.
She must live with her sister Mercedes and Balinese brother-in-law Wayan Widyartha, at their home in Kuta, with Wayan acting as guarantor for Corby.
She must be of good behaviour, remain drug and crime free and report regularly to the Parole Board and the Australian Consulate in Bali. She must follow all their directions and has signed a declaration in August last year that she will follow all parole conditions or risk being sent back to prison.
While on parole Corby will be free to travel around Bali and, with permission Indonesia but must not leave the country until the expiration of her sentence. That would be 2016. But under the parole rules, she must then remain in Indonesia for an extra year, under parole authority supervision, and would not be free to return to Australia until 2017.
SCHAPELLE Corby is a step closer to freedom after a key meeting of senior Correctional Board officials in Jakarta.
The meeting, to discuss her parole, was held late last week but officials are saying only that Corby's parole application is still being processed.
It is not known if the meeting decided to officially recommend that the 36-year-old's parole bid be approved or whether it has been put over for further discussion.
Department of Corrections spokesman Akbar Hadi Prabowo said on Monday: "Yes, we held the meeting on Thursday. The meeting also discussed Corby's parole … Corby's parole application is still being processed."
Waiting ... officials are saying only that Schappelle Corby's parole application is still being processed.
Sources close to the Corby family say that they have not yet been informed about the meeting or its outcome.
Suggestions on Channel 7 that the family was celebrating were completely false, the source said.
Once the meeting approves her parole and makes a formal recommendation there is just one more step before she can walk out of Kerobokan Jail to her family and relative freedom in Bali - Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin must sign-off and give his approval to her parole.
Mr Syamsuddin has already publicly indicated that Corby is entitled to parole and that he will sign the papers granting it.
Long process ... Schapelle Corby, pictured in 2006, has been eligible for parole for almost 18 months now after serving two-thirds of her sentence. Source: AFP
But the time frame on when the minister would give the final sign-off and sources say it could takes weeks or months more, especially as Indonesian politicians are now in pre-election mode for the upcoming April parliamentary elections.
Then, more than 10 years after she was arrested at Bali airport with 4.2kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag, Corby will taste freedom for the first time.
Under her parole conditions, she must remain living in Bali until the expiration of her sentence and she must serve an extra year on supervision meaning she will not be allowed to leave Indonesia until 2017.
Conditions ... Schapelle Corby must live with her sister Mercedes in Bali while on parole. Source: Supplied
Corby has been eligible for parole for almost 18 months now - after serving two-thirds of her sentence - but has faced a series of bureaucratic hurdles which have made the parole application a lengthy process.
The latest was the need for the Indonesian Immigration Department to provide a letter declaring that she did not require a "stay permit" to remain living in Bali on parole.
That was finally provided earlier this month and together with a guarantee from the Australian Government, forms part of the strict conditions under which Corby must live in Bali while on parole.
She must live with her sister Mercedes and Balinese brother-in-law Wayan Widyartha, at their home in Kuta, with Wayan acting as guarantor for Corby.
She must be of good behaviour, remain drug and crime free and report regularly to the Parole Board and the Australian Consulate in Bali. She must follow all their directions and has signed a declaration in August last year that she will follow all parole conditions or risk being sent back to prison.
While on parole Corby will be free to travel around Bali and, with permission Indonesia but must not leave the country until the expiration of her sentence. That would be 2016. But under the parole rules, she must then remain in Indonesia for an extra year, under parole authority supervision, and would not be free to return to Australia until 2017.
