Pop diva Lady Gaga's show in Indonesia has been cancelled, her promoters said on Sunday after Islamic hardliners threatened "chaos" if she entered the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.
Jailed Australian drug-trafficker Schapelle Corby will be released in September 2017, a prison chief said on Friday, after she had five years slashed off her 20-year term.
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Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika said he would not mind if the planned concert of Lady Gaga was moved from Jakarta to Bali, as long as the police guaranteed security at the event.
The Australian and Indonesian governments have denied doing a deal to have five years taken off Australian drug-trafficker Schapelle Corby's sentence in exchange for the release of Indonesian people-smugglers.
Lady Gaga broke her silence about a jeopardised concert in Jakarta, saying on Twitter that she was facing censorship from Indonesian authorities and threats of violence from Islamic hardliners.
The president has agreed to a clemency plea by convicted Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby, slashing five years off her 20-year jail sentence.