As Schapelle Corby prepares to make her journey home to Australia after nearly 13 years, the convicted drug smuggler appears to have launched an Instagram account.
The 39-year-old today shared her first photograph to the profile – a snap of her beloved dogs.
“Going to miss these two,” she wrote. “My puppies #Luna&May”.
It’s the first public statement Corby has made about her personal life since her release from prison on parole three years ago.
Preparations are currently being made for the Gold Coast woman's deportation this evening, with Balinese authorities today conducting an elaborate practise run of the journey from her Kuta home to the Ngurah Rai international airport where her nightmare began back in October 2004.
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the operation will reportedly involve several armoured vehicles and 275 Denpasar and Kuta police officers.
"We will anticipate the maximum to ensure runs smoothly to avoid any possible disturbances," said Denpasar police spokesman Sugriwo.
Corby was sentenced to 20 years behind bars for smuggling 4.2kg of marijuana into Indonesia, however her sentence was slashed by five years in 2012 due to her struggles with severe depression.
She was released from the notorious Kerobokan Prison on 10 February 2014, but her parole conditions dictated that she must remain in Bali until this month.
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Why can't her dogs go back with her? I took my cats with me when changing country. My friend took her 11 year old dog from Sydney, to London.
Which country? They all have different rules depending on the prevalence of rabies and other diseases. Some countries you can not bring dogs in from. My husband and I were Thinking of moving to Indonesia around 7years ago for work but decided not to as we would not have been able to bring our dog home.
Bringing dogs from Indonesia is expensive, complicated and time-consuming, to make sure they don't bring rabies, and other infections.
Conditions vary depending on which country animals are coming from. Bali has rabies present in it's dog population so the import requirements would be very strict.
STOP giving this criminal anymore media!! She was found guilty of a crime - that she could not prove herself innocent of - and should not be given a homecoming that rivals an olympic athlete!!