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From news.com.au:
A 14-year-old Australian boy arrested in Bali after allegedly being caught with marijuana may have been set up, his lawyer says.
The teenager, from Lake Macquarie in NSW, is being held at Bali police headquarters in Denpasar after spending a third night in custody following his arrest on Tuesday afternoon.
Australian officials, who have been told by Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd that securing his release is a top priority, will meet Bali police's chief narcotics investigator today, when they expect to learn whether charges will be laid.
Mr Rudd said this afternoon Australia's ambassador to Indonesia, Greg Moriarty, is expected to sit down with the parents of the boy tomorrow.
He said Mr Moriarty had been ordered to Denpasar as a matter of urgency and the Government was working hard to secure his release.
Mr Rudd said the boy was sleeping in his own cell and police authorities had made it possible for his father to sleep in an office immediately adjacent to the cell, for which Mr Rudd thanked Indonesian authorities.
The parents had been able to give the boy food and he was eating well, he said.
Mr Rudd said consular officers would continue to press for appropriate care for the boy while he remained in detention "and for his early release".
"We therefore do not have concern for his health or welfare, though of course we monitor this very, very closely," he said.
It was a complex matter, Mr Rudd said.
"It may take quite a while to resolve - everyone just needs to adjust to that reality," he said.
"We are dealing with another country's legal system and we must respect the legal systems in which we operate, and therefore we should not be in the business of expecting any immediate resolution.
"We must all be patient and work within Indonesian legal processes."
The teenager, who was on holidays with his parents and staying in the luxury resort area of Legian, was with a friend when he was allegedly caught with 3.6 grams (6.9 gross) of marijuana.
It's alleged he bought the marijuana for the equivalent of about $25 after being approached by a dealer while on his way to get a massage in Kuta earlier in the afternoon.
Police detained him outside a supermarket after he left the place where he received the massage.
A witness has claimed the schoolboy was picked up in a police sting by a plain clothes police officer, reported The Age.
The shopkeeper who claims to have seen the incident said the boy had been caught with a friend ear the Mirah Minimarket.
"It caused quite a commotion. A lot of people stopped and watched as they were taken away," said the man, who asked not to be identified, pointing to the pavement in front of the shop. I remember the boys looking confused and asked why, why were they being taken away."
However, his lawyer Mohammad Rifan said it was possible the boy was set up by the person who approached him.
"This boy didn't know the situation in Kuta, the people there. It's difficult to know if someone is actually a drug dealer or not," he said.
"Whether he's being trapped, tricked or not, we're still investigating that."
Mr Rifan told The Associated Press the arresting police officers had broken Indonesian rules for dealing with child suspects by not allowing the boy's parents to be present during his interview.
Because of this, police had agreed to re-interview him today and have him take a new urine test for drugs.
Mr Rifan dismissed reports the boy was being held in a cell with other criminal suspects at the police station, saying he was in a separate room with his parents.
He has been accompanied by his parents since yesterday.
Meanwhile friends of the boy have expressed their shock and disbelief over the 14-year-old's arrest, describing him as a "quiet, chilled out guy" who rarely got flustered.
"He's probably just so scared," close friend Lili Lemesurier said."We did not expect it at all."
Kyle Carlin said the boy played league with the local South Lakes U14s team and was well liked in the close-knit community.
"It's a pretty tight community, everyone is friends with everybody," he told the Daily Telegraph.
"There's a completely different language barrier over there. He might not have understood what the guy was saying.
"He could have just bought it to get the guy out of his face."
Dylan Barry, 16, said he was quiet, which sometimes made him a target for harassment from other students.
"He's laid back, he doesn't care," he said. If someone came up to him and went off at him he'd just [shrug his shoulders] and say righto.
"Just really chilled out sort of bloke, nothing bothers him."
With various reports alleging the boy purchased a small amount of cannabis after receiving a massage in the bustling tourist mecca of Kuta and that he'd been crying since his arrest on Tuesday friends turned to Facebook for answers and to offer support.
"hoping your alright!! You will be ok! Stay strong mate!! Thinking of u and your family," Hannah Stanley posted on his Facebook profile.
Krystyl Maria McColl posted: "You're a strong boy, you will be okay! All we need to do is make you believe that too, I'll see you when you et home."
Mr Rifan said police only had 20 days to complete their investigations before they must hand over the case to the prosecutor.
If charged with possession under adult law, the boy could face a maximum penalty of 12 years in prison.
However, Mr Rifan has said it is possible he will be charged under provisions for juveniles, in which case the maximum penalty will be six years.
Mr Rudd said today that Australian officials were working closely with Indonesian authorities and had also been in contact with the family.
"I have just spoken with our ambassador in Jakarta (Greg Moriarty) and I have indicated to him that his number one priority in the immediate period ahead is how we support this young boy and his family and do everything we can to obtain his early return to Australia," Mr Rudd said in Sydney last night.
Mr Moriarty has arrived in Bali to head up talks with Indonesian officials about the prospects of securing the boy's release.
Sources said he is in the cells in the upstairs section of the drug squad building and is currently in a holding cell with three to four other detainees.
The cell is about 3m by 3m, with only an Indonesian squat toilet and a thin mattress.
While scores of Australians have been arrested in Bali in possession of drugs in small and large amounts, the teenager is the youngest to have ever faced Indonesian justice.
Under Indonesian law, there is no children's court system and very few children's jails.
The main difference between the way a child and adult is dealt under the law is that his case must be presented to prosecutors within 30 days of his arrest.
For adults the time frame is 90 days.
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