Qantas and
Sydney Airport say they will cooperate with any requests for
information from convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby's defence
team.
The chief judge of Bali's High Court, Made Lingga, has agreed to
allow Corby's lawyers to present new witnesses backing the Gold
Coast woman's claims she did not know anything about 4.1kg
of marijuana found in her luggage at Bali airport last
October.
Corby's
lawyers want at least a dozen witnesses to appear including
Australian prisoners, Qantas baggage handlers and check-in
staff.
Customs Minister Chris Ellison today said he had written to Qantas
and Brisbane and Sydney airports passing on requests from Corby's
lawyers in relation to the witnesses they are seeking to have come
forward.
A Qantas spokeswoman was today unaware if Senator Ellison's letter
had been received but said staff would be as cooperative as
possible.
"We have cooperated with Schapelle Corby's defence team in the past
and we will continue to do so wherever possible, we will encourage
our staff to volunteer any relevant information to the defence
team," a Qantas spokeswoman said.
"All staff approached in the past have cooperated fully."
The spokeswoman declined to comment further.
In May, Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon said he could not rule
out a link between corrupt baggage handlers implicated in a cocaine
smuggling racket and claims by Corby that handlers had planted
drugs in her luggage.
The Sydney Airports Corporation also said it would cooperate with
the investigation.
"I don't know if he has written to us yet or if he (Senator
Ellison) has just stated that he is writing to us, but as always
we'll be cooperating with any requests we get for information," a
spokeswoman said.
The Brisbane Airport Corporation has pledged to cooperate fully
with Corby's lawyers but doubts it can offer much help in the
appeal.
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