Her own private hell ... the mother waits in Bali / Pic: Made Anta�� Source: The Daily Telegraph
THE Australian schoolboy arrested for marijuana possession in Bali could spend up to 15 days in the harsh Kerobokan prison awaiting trial.
It is understood I.B Chandra - who insisted Bali Nine drug mule Scott Rush face the death penalty - is in line to oversee the prosecution of the 14-year-old in the next few weeks, The Daily Telegraph reported.
The special crimes prosecutor is famous for taking a hard line on drugs since he pushed for 25-year-old Rush to be executed for his part in a 2005 plot to smuggle more than 8kg of heroin from Bali.
Mr Chandra said prisoners, including minors, were usually taken to Kerobokan prison to await trial to ensure they do not try to flee.
He said yesterday he would consider a different location for the boy if his family could guarantee he would not run away, repeat offend or destroy evidence. "It's possible to hold the suspect in a place other than Kerobokan. We have to consider that he is a minor," he said.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Mr Chandra said he would appoint two staff prosecutors to investigate the case: I Gusti Atmaya and I Nyoman Sucitrawan.
He said he was still awaiting the final summary from Balinese police at Denpasar before he could outline the prosecution's case.
"The process of prosecution will be the same but the way we will treat it will be different, because of his age," he said.
The boy and his mother have been holed up in the Denpasar police station for eight nights since the teen was caught buying 6.9g of marijuana from a street dealer in Kuta. The teen's father travelled back to Australia on Sunday to collect medical records to prove the boy has a history of drug abuse.
He is expected to return within a week.
Yesterday the teen was visited by Australian Ambassador Greg Moriarty and Consul-General Brett Farmer, but neither agreed to be interviewed.
Earlier, Mr Moriarty spoke at a ceremony 15 minutes from the police complex to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the Bali bombings.
He said Australia had not been defeated by terrorism and had shown determination to counter terrorism wherever it might appear.
"This anniversary is time to consider, commemorate and remember the dead and the survivors, emergency workers and volunteers who touched so many that night with acts of courage," he said. "For (those) witnesses to the violence that night, there is much we may never comprehend."
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