The British woman who has been held in a Bali jail for six days on drug-trafficking charges has been rushed to hospital suffering from stress and dehydration.
Rachel Dougall, who was arrested with her partner Julian Ponder last Saturday, had refused to eat for days, Mr Suroso, her lawyer, told The Times. She was taken into hospital after complaining of feeling ill, he said.
Ms Dougall, Mr Ponder and a third Briton, Paul Beales, were detained with an Indian friend after Lindsay Sandiford, a British housewife, was caught allegedly carrying nearly 5kg (11lb) of cocaine in her suitcase as she arrived on the island.
Ms Sandiford co-operated in a sting operation which led police to her fellow Britons. All five may now face the death penalty on trafficking charges.
Ms Sandiford, who is originally from Redcar, Teesside, told police she had only agreed to the trip because her children in England had been threatened. After being detained at customs, she told officials that she had thought the security at Bali airport would not be as tight as it was.
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Ms Dougall told the BBC she had been given a sedative on arrival at the hospital. She complained that she had not been allowed to shower at Denpasar police station, where she, her husband and Mr Beale have been held in tiny overcrowded cells.
Both Ms Dougall and her partner, a former antiques restorer, claimed they were set up by Ms Sandiford, who they say brought the drugs wrapped in pink paper which they mistook as a birthday present for their daughter, Kitty, who turned 6 two days before their arrest.
Paul Beales has also told The Times he is innocent and claimed Ms Sandiford lied about him and his friends to save herself. Mr Saroso said Ms Dougall had been incoherent and shown signs of paranoia for days. He said she was now being given fluids and her condition was beginning to improve.