Paying compensation is a well-worn route of trouble for foreigners like Queenslander Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones – but deals do not always eventuate.
From his small cell inside the Simeulue police station in north-west Indonesia, Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones expressed his deep remorse.“My actions I can’t even fathom. I really want to make it right, and fix the issue. I am sorry.”accused of running amok, sans clothing, in a late-night frenzy that left a villager in hospitalHe is far from the first foreigner to find trouble in Indonesia, where more than a million Australians have travelled per year, mostly to Bali.
It includes Risby-Jones covering the medical expenses of Ron, who needed 50 stitches in his foot after the Australian allegedly knocked him off a motorcycle and pushed it on top of him, and other costs incurred by him and the family while he is recovering and unable to work. Lastly, there is a requirement for a settlement “in line with the tradition that exists in Simeuleu”, the details of which are unclear, although the.
But Edward Pangkahila, an Indonesian lawyer with significant experience representing Australians arrested in Bali, believes a deal between the alleged perpetrator and victim is the best result.
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