Family and friends of a WA Indigenous leader being held in Japan say she is the victim of a romance scam that resulted in her being arrested with drugs in luggage she was carrying.
Family and friends of a West Australian woman detained in Japan believe she is the victim of a romance scam, which resulted in her being arrested with drugs in the luggage she was carrying.It is believed his associate gave her a suitcase to take to TokyoDonna Nelson was the chair of a WA Aboriginal health service, and an Aboriginal community leader.
According to report, Ms Nelson had travelled to Japan to meet a Nigerian man known as "Kelly" who she met two years earlier through an online dating site called AfroIntroductions.The ABC has been told Ms Nelson's daughters knew she was travelling to Japan to meet a man she had been speaking to online and felt uneasy about the situation.It's understood Ms Nelson had initially travelled to Laos but did not meet with "Kelly".
Ms Nelson is understood to have had little contact with family and friends since being detained, although they had been able to pass messages to her through a duty lawyer and had been told she was well and being cared for.Those close to Ms Nelson said they were shocked she could be lured into a situation like that, and said she should be seen as a victim, rather than a drug trafficker.
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