AFP commissioner say ‘do the crime serve the time’

AFP (Australian Federal Police ) commissioner Mick Keelty has come in for criticism ever since the Bali Nine were arrested. People have suggested the AFP should of stopped the Bali Nine members from leaving Australia or waited till they returned. Mr Keelty has explained at length his organizations mandate and procedures and is no doubt getting tired of being told he has ‘blood on his hands’.

According to Mr Keelty “People who want to get involved in international crime, and this is what this is, international crime, need to understand they subject themselves to the differences, if you like, and in sometimes the harshness of the international criminal justice system,” I’m sure some of the younger members of the Bali Nine did not fully realize what they were getting onto and some of the others did not realize the penalties they could be given. However, all of them did things to put themselves in that position and ignorance of the law is not a defense.