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Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby, her face veiled against a horde of press photographers, was hustled out of prison on Monday to start the next chapter of her troubled life after more than nine years behind bars in Bali.
The 36-year-old, who is now out on parole, covered her face with a scarf and hat as she was ushered into a minibus waiting outside Kerobokan jail on the resort island, as camera crews and photographers fought to get a shot of her.

	She cried and said she was traumatised due to all the journalists

	AGUNG BAGUS KUSIMANTARA, BALI PROSECUTORS’ OFFICE
Corby, whose case has drawn huge fascination in Australia and around the world since she was caught entering Bali in 2004 with marijuana stashed in her surfing gear, sped off to complete final administrative steps for her release, with journalists giving chase.
After visiting government officials who will oversee her parole in Indonesia – where she must remain until 2017 – she was whisked away by a black SUV to a luxury resort and spa in the popular Seminyak district.
Watch: Australian trafficker Corby released from prison in Bali

A bidding war has heated up in recent days for her first post-jail interview and a second black car containing a TV crew raced into the resort after Corby, while the rest of the following media pack were barred from entering.
As expected the former beauty school student, whose proclamations of innocence and battle with depression in prison drew great sympathy in Australia, did not comment but one official said she seemed upset.
“We asked her how she was. She cried and said she was still feeling traumatised due to all the journalists,” said Agung Bagus Kusimantara, from the Bali prosecutors’ office.

The media have been camped outside Kerobokan jail for the past week in anticipation of her release, with one Australian television network alone having reportedly dispatched 17 staff.
In Australia her release dominated TV networks on Monday and sparked celebrations at the home of her mother, Rosleigh Rose, in Loganlea, in the northeastern state of Queensland.
The sound of cheers could be heard from the family’s backyard and Rose appeared briefly outside to pop a champagne cork in front of journalists, although she refused to comment.
Indonesian Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin announced on Friday that Corby had been granted parole following a drawn-out process that repeatedly ran into bureaucratic hurdles.
The move was welcomed in Australia but drew protests from Indonesian lawmakers and an anti-drugs group, who said it went against the country’s tough anti-narcotics laws.
Following her release, Corby will not be able to return to Australia until 2017. Her sentence ends in 2016 and then she will be required to stay for another year to comply with the conditions of her parole.
Corby, who has always insisted that the 4.1 kilos (nine pounds) of marijuana found in her body board bag were planted, will emerge a changed woman after years in Kerobokan prison.
Prisoners typically live side by side in overcrowded cells where drug abuse, fighting between inmates and beatings by jail wardens are reportedly common.
She has suffered from mental health problems in prison and needed hospital treatment for depression.
Corby was convicted and jailed for 20 years in 2005.
The end of her sentence was brought forward to 2016 after she received several remissions for good behaviour, and a five-year cut following an appeal for clemency to the Indonesian president.


Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby faces media glare after release from Bali jail

Schapelle Corby, covered by a veil, is escorted by police after being released from prison on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Schapelle Corby in 2005. Photo: Reuters

Indonesia grants parole to Australian drug convict Schapelle Corby 

Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby. Photo: AFP

Mercedes Corby (centre), sister of Australian convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, leaves the Kerobokan Prison in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on Friday. Photo: EPA

Kerobokan jail in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. Photo: AFP

Indonesian Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin (bottom) arrives for a press conference in Jakarta on Friday announcing Indonesia has granted parole to Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby. Photo: AFP

Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby set for parole from Bali jail

Schapelle Corby. Photo: AFP

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