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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A 27-year-old convicted drug smuggler and former beauty school student is the unlikely center of the latest controversy between Australia and Indonesia.
Supporters of Schapelle Corby were blamed Wednesday for sending what officials said was a "biological agent" to the Indonesian Embassy in the Australian capital of Canberra — forcing police to seal off the compound and prompting an apology from Prime Minister John Howard.
The embassy remained closed Thursday as a tense wait continued for the results of tests. Howard said that if they proved the powder was dangerous, "it's an act of reckless indifference to human life and I apologize on behalf of the Australian people to the Indonesian Embassy and to the Indonesian government."
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