A heroin mule who spent years locked up in a foreign jail has revealed Bali Nine ringleader Andrew Chan threatened her from his Indonesian prison cell.
Rachel Diaz claims Chan, who was executed in 2015 over his role in a drug smuggling operation from Indonesia to Australia, told her to ‘keep her mouth shut’ when she was jailed in Hong Kong in 2005, according to News.com.au.
Diaz, who was a teenager at the time, and a 15-year-old boy from Sydney were arrested at a hotel in the city’s Tsim Sha Tsui district as the pair prepared to swallow 114 condoms filled with $1 million worth of heroin.
Heroin mule Rachel Diaz (pictured) claims Bali Nine ringleader Andrew Chan threatened her from his Indonesian prison cell after she was arrested and jailed in Hong Kong for her role in the syndicate
Diaz claims Chan (left) told her to ‘keep her mouth shut’ in smuggled letters soon after her arrest in 2005
Diaz was sentenced for 10 years and eight months at Tai Lam women’s prison but spent six years and eight months behind bars before her release.
Diaz was one of 17 Australians were jailed for their roles in the drug syndicate, Crescent Moon
At the same time, Chan, Myuran Sukumaran and seven other Australians were in Bali preparing to smuggle 8.3kg of heroin.
The group in Bali were arrested just five days after police burst into Diaz’s hotel room and handcuffed her.
A total of 17 Australians were jailed for their roles in the drug syndicate, Crescent Moon.
Diaz was sentenced for 10 years and eight months at Tai Lam women’s prison but spent six years and eight months behind bars before her release.
Soon after her arrest, Diaz told News.com.au Chan smuggled threatening letters to her from his cell at Bali’s notorious Kerobokan prison warning her not to talk about their drug bosses to police.
Pictured is the hotel room where Diaz and the 15-year-old boy were arrested
Diaz and a 15-year-old boy from Sydney were preparing to swallow 114 condoms filled with $1 million worth of heroin (pictured)
Diaz has ‘endurance’ tattooed on her neck and ‘death’ tattooed on her arm
Chan and Myuran Sukumaran (left) were executed in 2015 over his role in a drug smuggling operation from Indonesia to Australia
Before boarding her flight from Sydney, Diaz said she changed her mind about swallowing the drugs and tried to back out of it despite the $6,000 profit she stood to earn.
‘I didn’t want to go, but they threatened me. I didn’t want to [swallow the drugs] but they said I had to,’ she said.
Diaz, who has ‘endurance’ tattooed on her neck and ‘death’ tattooed on her arm, said she is still dealing with the effects of being incarcerated.
‘I’m thinking about suing the AFP. I’m still affected, you can see.’
‘They knew even before I did that it was happening. They listened to our conversation and didn’t stop us,’ she said.
Diaz said she is still dealing with the effects of being incarcerated