"Don H"

** I strongly doubt that any malicious lying has happened.  It is usual for
several people to have varying versions of a event  -  especially a very
stressful one.

There is only one small detail that Schapelle remembers oh so clearly and
the customs guys did not notice,  have forgotten or wiped from their
tory  -  that she did not act start to panicky and evasive until AFTER she
had seen what was in the bag.

The whole basis for the conviction is based on the idea that an innocent
person would have no reason to act panicky -  but a guilty one would.  The
flaw in their thinking is to not allow that it only takes  *one second*  to
recognise a big bag of marijuana has been planted and know that its presence
is going to put you into enormous trouble. The average person would not be
able to remain calm in that circumstance.

PLUS  -  the customs guys have very likely colluded with each other and the
police to get a nice, consistent story presented in their written statements
and then they would be TOLD to stick to that story like glue later in court.

This is **standard practice** right here in Aussie  -  so it is certain to
be the case in Bali too.

............    Phil