Pemberian Grasi oleh Pemerintah Indonesia kepada Narapidana Kasus Narkoba Schapelle Corby

Abstract

This study describes the pardon granted by the Government of Indonesia to Corby under
the Government of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the case of drug crimes committed by
Schapelle Leigh Corby, and explains the reasons of Indonesia under the administration of
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in granting clemency to Corby. The method used in
processing the data is by qualitative method, by analyzing the data of the identified
material sources, such as interviews, international agreements, and other sources such as
scholarly documents, articles, journals, or scientific writing on similar themes with this
research. The concept in this study explains that bilateral cooperation in achieving the
national interest of each country is very influential on foreign policy applied by state actors.
It also affects Indonesia and Australia in cooperating. International cooperation is a tool
for international relations actors whose function is to facilitate and serve a variety of
unlimited activities. Foreign Policy has a national importance for a country and is an
objective of the national Government at the international level. Governments within a
country, of course, have a goal to promote and prosper the country by making policies and
connecting with other countries. The Indonesian government grants clemency to
Australian citizen inmates involved in narcotics case Schapelle Leigh Corby on an interest
basis. Corby was found guilty of having found 4.2 kilograms of brutto or 4.1 kilograms net
in his surfboard satchel at Ngurah Rai airport, Bali on October 8, 2004. Corby's grant was
made on the basis of the Government of Indonesia's wishes and interests to Australia.