Comments on: Chika Honda in her own words

Chika Honda in her own words

DirtyCreature — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:19:44 -0800

Chika Honda, falsely imprisoned for ten years by Australian authorities for heroin smuggling, and never pardoned, tells her story in her own words [Real Audio] in this Walkley Award-nominated documentary. This is a wrenching story of incompetence by the federal police, legal aid services, media-influenced juries and the problem of translation in legal investigations. Listen to her story and decide on her innocence for yourself.

By: cosmonik

cosmonik — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:12:21 -0800

I assume you mean, "decide on her guilt or innocence"... Do you have a transcript of the Real Audio clip? I can't stand RealPlayer. Or more detail of when she was on ABC radio so I can hunt one down? Interesting that the documentary itself with her guilt or innocence. I kind of wonder what the point is, since it's so contentious an issue.

By: coelecanth

coelecanth — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:31:26 -0800

I believed her the first time.

By: coelecanth

coelecanth — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:39:44 -0800

Now I'm embarassed. Sorry, DirtyCreature. Thanks for the additional informationl.

By: dydecker

dydecker — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:01:12 -0800

That was an interesting, well put together radio show, thanks. As for my hunch, I think even if Chika Honda was innocent, I doubt her companions were.

By: DirtyCreature

DirtyCreature — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:04:42 -0800

Interesting that the documentary itself [doesn't deal?] with her guilt or innocence. The reason for this is probably that Mayu wouldn't have received the money from the government for this documentary if she had taken an active stance against a federal court decision. It's clear though she firmly believes Chika is innocent.

By: DirtyCreature

DirtyCreature — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:27:18 -0800

cosmonik : "Chika" aired on ABC radio two days ago. More information here. You could try emailing radio-eye at your dot abc dot net dot au for a transcript or an audio tape. I believe it will be re-broadcast on the radio Wednesday 19th (Sydney time) at 1pm.