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Chika Honda
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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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* A newspaper vendor outside the Kuala Lumpur restaurant that the group visited during their stopover has made statements to Japanese lawyers and television reporters supporting the Japanese group's story that they were agitated about the loss of their luggage.
* A worker in the Kuala Lumpur restaurant has made statements to Japanese lawyers and television reporters supporting the story that the luggage was stolen.

==External links==

*[http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15486277-29277,00.html Tourist case 'similar to Corby's - ''News.com.au'']⏎
*[http://www.usp.com.au/fpss/news-japan13b.html How a holiday turned into 10 years jail - ''Foreign Prisoners' Support Service'']
*[http://www.bond.edu.au/focus/2003-sep.pdf How Chika Got Rolled (page 5) - an interview with Professor Paul Wilson]
*[http://www.worldlii.org/cgi-worldlii/disp.pl/au/cases/vic/VICSC/unrep179.html Transcript of Yoshio Katsuno's failed appeal to the Victorian Court of Appeals]
*[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]]