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In 1992 '''Chika Honda''', a 36-year-old Japanese tourist, was arrested on entry at [[Melbourne Airport]], [[Australia]], after [[heroin]] was found in her suitcase. She was later sentenced and served more than ten years in [[Melbourne]] prisons. 

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In 1997 members of the group made unsuccessful appeals to the [[
Supreme Court of Victoria|Victorian Supreme Court]] of Appeals. A leave to appeal in the [[High Court of Australia]] was denied in 1997, and petitions for pardons, filed in 1998, were rejected in 2000.

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*[http://www.mayu.com.au/chika/ Chika : Mayu Kanamori's documentary performance about Chika Honda's life]
*[http://www.themelbournecase.com/ Information about the case prepared by the Melbourne Japanese Christian Church]
*[http://www.bond.edu.au/hss/staff/pwilson.htm Professor Paul Wilson's home page]


[[Category:Disputed convictions|Honda, Chika]]
[[Category:Drug traffickers|Honda, Chika]]
[[Category:Japanese people|Honda, Chika]]