If the bag hasnt been tested for fingerprints - WHY Not ? Who is responsible for authorizing and facilitating this process ? - What is being done to run the proper forensic tests ?
TRACEY BOWDEN: From day one, Schapelle Corby asked that the plastic bags containing the drugs be tested for fingerprints. She was adamant none of hers would be found. Despite repeated requests from the defence team, the bags have still not been finger printed.
RON BAKIR: The fingerprinting, et cetera, of all the bags was something that we have wanted, and we still want that, and Schapelle's been crying out for that from day one.
TRACEY BOWDEN: And it wasn't just the fingerprinting tests the defence team sought. Back in Australia, they began chasing other vital information.
RON BAKIR: What we wanted to get before the court obviously is weights, the weight of her individual bag.
TRACEY BOWDEN: Was Schapelle Corby's bodyboard bag weighed on its own?
GEOFFREY ASKEW, HEAD OF QANTAS GROUP SECURITY: No, it was not. We weigh the collective weight of baggage for passengers for two reasons: One, we want to know how much weight we carry on board the aircraft, particularly the captain does, it's a weight and balance issue, it's a safety issue and, secondly, for excess baggage.
TRACEY BOWDEN: Schapelle Corby's lawyers also wanted to find out if the bag was X-rayed at Brisbane Airport, and what that revealed about its contents.
GEOFFREY ASKEW: On that particular occasion last year, there was no screening occurring by regulation at any of the domestic airports. Now, that has changed. We are looking for explosives in baggage, we're not looking for drugs, and we screen and X-ray looking for explosives and prohibited articles, not for drugs.
TRACEY BOWDEN: And what about security checks at the international airport before the flight to Indonesia? The Sydney Airport Corporation says all bags presented by the airlines for Schapelle Corby's flight were screened, but any images are only held for 72 hours.
