Who are Australia’s 'Bali Nine' drug smugglers freed from Indonesian prisons?

Five members of the ‘Bali Nine’ drug gang were released from Indonesian jails and returned home to Australia on Sunday. Eight men and a woman were arrested in 2005 for trying to smuggle more than 8 kg of heroin out of Bali In this photo released by the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration and Correctional Affairs, Indonesian and Australian officials sign handover documents as five Australians who have spent almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons for heroin trafficking look on, prior to their return to Australia, in Bali, Indonesia, December 15, 2024. AP Five Australians of the ‘Bali Nine’ drug gang have returned home, after spending roughly 20 years in Indonesian prisons. As per AP, Indonesia’s senior law minister, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, said the men were transferred to Australia as “prisoners” but “once repatriated”, they were the responsibility of the Australian government.