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Navy foils Rohingya trafficking plot in North Sumatra
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A man on a vessel looks at Rohingya refugees on a boat anchored off the coast of Labuhan Haji in South Aceh, Aceh, on Oct. 22, 2024. (AFP/Chaideer Mahyuddin)
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he Navy has said it thwarted an attempt to traffic 146 Rohingya refugees to Aceh after they disembarked from a large ship on a beach in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, on Thursday.
The Rohingya refugees were apprehended as they were boarding a truck that officials said had been waiting for them at Dewi Indah beach.
Medan Immigration Detention Center head Sarsaralos Sivakkar said the presence of the truck indicated the Rohingya refugees’ arrival had been expected.
“We are currently investigating the trafficking of these Rohingya refugees and are pursuing the syndicate involved,” Sarsaralos told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
He said the truck’s driver and two assistants had been detained by the Navy for their suspected involvement in the operation. All three were apprehended alongside the Rohingya refugees boarding the truck.
The police are searching for a man named Syaiful from Aceh, who they believed was involved in the refugees’ arrival at Dewi Indah beach.
“Syaiful was the contact [for the arrival],” said Deli Serdang Police chief Sr. Comr. Raphael Sandhy Cahya Priambodo.
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