Lawyers for Corby appeal in Bali

Lawyers for Corby appeal in Bali

Reuters/Jakarta

Lawyers for an Australian woman sentenced to 20 years in jail for smuggling drugs into the Indonesian island of Bali filed an appeal on Wednesday.

The appeal to the Bali High Court comes as public outrage brews in Australia against the conviction of Schapelle Corby, 27. On Wednesday, Indonesia's embassy in Canberra was shut after receiving an envelope containing a suspicious powder.

"We have filed the appeal to the court," lawyer Erwin Siregar told Reuters by telephone from the holiday island.

"We are studying the entire verdict before we submit all the other documents in two weeks."

He gave no further details.

Corby was sentenced last Friday for smuggling 4.1 kg (9 lbs) of marijuana into Bali last October.

She says she is innocent and that the drugs found in her surfboard bag by a Bali customs officer were planted there by someone at an Australian airport. Newspaper polls show 90 percent of Australians believe Corby is innocent.