Merauke Five free to leave

THE five Australians stuck in the remote Indonesian town of Merauke for the past nine months have been cleared of any wrongdoing by Indonesia's Supreme Court, paving the way for their freedom and return home.

Ordeal set to end for Merauke Five

THE five Australians who have been stuck in the remote Indonesian town of Merauke for nine months have been cleared and are free to return home after the country's Supreme Court yesterday upheld an earlier court decision to release them.

Standen will face trial over drug conspiracy

A FORMER policeman, Mark Standen, could face life imprisonment after being committed to stand trial for allegedly conspiring to import and supply drugs.