Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen
| Thanh Nguyen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen 30 October 1983 |
| Nationality | Vietnamese–Australian |
| Other names | Member of the Bali Nine |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Criminal status | Imprisoned |
| Conviction(s) | Drug trafficking (2006) |
| Partner(s) | |
| Imprisoned at | Malang, East Java, Indonesia |
| Notes | |
Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen (born 30 October 1983) is a Vietnamese–Australian citizen. He was convicted in Indonesia for drug trafficking as a member of the Bali Nine. In 2005, Nguyen was arrested in a room at the Melasti Hotel in Kuta together with three others. Police uncovered 334 g (11.8 oz) of heroin in a suitcase in the room. After a criminal trial, on 15 February 2006 Nguyen was sentenced to life imprisonment. His appeal to the Indonesian Supreme Court to have the sentence reduced suffered a shock when the Supreme Court imposed the death penalty on 6 September 2006.
A subsequent appeal to the Indonesian Supreme Court, following a full confession by Nguyen to his role in the plan to import heroin from Bali to Australia, resulted in the original sentence of life imprisonment being reinstated. Some media reports claimed Nguyen was believed to be a financier of the smuggling plan.
Media reports based on the testimony of co-conspirator, Renae Lawrence, claim that Nguyen (going by the alias of David), from Wellington Point in Brisbane, Queensland, had arranged an earlier attempt at trafficking from Indonesia to Australia. This attempt in December 2004 involved Lawrence, Andrew Chan, Matthew Norman and others. The delivery was aborted when heroin suppliers failed to deliver "due to a financial matter or someone knowing about the plan the shipment was cancelled".
Further media reports, again based on court testimonies, claim that Nguyen met Michael Czugaj and Scott Rush (both Brisbane school friends) in a pub in Fortitude Valley where Nguyen reportedly offered Rush and Czugaj an all-expenses-paid trip to Bali.
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