Bali Nine

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/bali-nine

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the date of initial arrest?April 2005
2. What is the total heroin seized?8.3 kilograms
3. Why were they punished so harshly?Indonesia has a strict zero‑tolerance drug law. The leaders got the death penalty and the others got life in prison.
4. How many kilograms of heroin did they try to smuggle?They tried to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin, worth about 4 million Australian dollars.

Transnational Crime: Criminal activities that cross national borders, involving multiple countries.
Capital Punishment: The legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime; the death penalty.
Sentence Commutation: The reduction of a sentence, especially a prison sentence, to a lesser one.
Diplomatic Relations: The official communication and interactions between countries.