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West Java foils 116 illegal immigrants bound for AUS
Sat, 11/07/2009 1:02 PM | The Archipelago
BANDUNG: West Java Police have foiled the smuggling of 116 illegal immigrants from the Middle East to Australia through Gresik, East Java, and Cilacap, Central Java.
All of the illegal immigrants had previously received asylum seeker status from the UNHCR in Indonesia and were domiciled in Puncak, West Java, said Fatma Noer, head of the West Java Police's people smuggling unit.
Mohamad Younuous, an Afghan citizen, and his three Indonesian aides, were arrested in Gresik on Oct. 25 when he was about to transport 91 illegal immigrants to Madura, East Java.
Shahzad Akhta Ali, an Indonesian citizen of Pakistani descent, was arrested four days later in Cilacap, along with 25 illegal immigrants who were headed to Christmas Island.
Ali admitted to having sent illegal immigrants to Australia as many as 20 times this year through several unofficial harbors along the southern Java coast.
Each illegal immigrant paid between US$2,000 and $4,000 for a new life in their dream country.
Anyone found guilty of people smuggling faces a maximum punishment of six years' imprisonment and Rp 30 million (US$3,092) in fines for violating the 1992 Immigration Law. - JP
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