PRESSURE is growing for Indonesian authorities to revoke Schapelle Corby's parole, after a rash of bad publicity and apparent attempts to take her own life.
The convicted drug smuggler's family denies she twice tried to take a knife to her wrist when officials confronted her about the family's controversial participation in a Seven Network program.
Bali parole boss Sunar Agus says an "unstable" Corby reacted badly when he raised the prospect of the show resulting in a breach of her parole.
She was stopped from harming herself by her sister Mercedes and his fellow officers, he says.
The scene he witnessed on Monday night "affects ... greatly," Corby's risk of returning to jail, Agus said.
"What's obvious is that we have to concentrate on Corby's behaviour," he said.
"She's being tested on being free, (parole) is to test her preparation.
"What's needed right now for Corby is mental improvement."
Counsellors have been provided for the 36-year-old, who puts her distress down to the huge level of media attention.
Since leaving a luxury villa provided for Sunday's Seven Network program, Corby has been staying with the family of Mercedes' husband Wayan Widyartha.
The couple on Wednesday pleaded with media waiting outside their Kuta home for privacy.
"I can't say much," Wayan told Indonesia's Metro TV.
"She's been in jail a long, a very long time.
"She's back in society, and it turns out it's harsher."
Corby has complained to parole officers that photographers watch her sleep.
Agus says she also asked for foreign journalists to be deported, but he "will not go there and will not do it".
Corby's shock response to his visit came despite repeated warnings from authorities as high up as Indonesia's Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin that publicity could breach her parole by upsetting the community.
Mercedes lobbied for permission to be interviewed by Seven instead of her sister, who she described as "broken" after nine years in jail.
She also told Seven the marijuana found in her sister's surfing gear in 2004 could have come from Indonesia.
Her comments have triggered debate in the Indonesian media, including from University of Indonesia law expert Hikmahanto Juwana, who argues the message, not the interview subject, is the problem.
"My impression after watching that show was that Corby wanted to say, 'I'm innocent, I was framed,' while her status is still a convict," he told Kompas newspaper.
Agus says his assessment of the interview, and recommendation on Corby's parole, is not yet complete.
From his office it will be sent up the bureaucratic chain to the minister, who will decide whether Corby should go back to jail.
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