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Fri, 02/19/2010 - 18:43
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INDONESIA TO DEPORT TWO IRAQIS
Pontianak, W Kalimantan, Feb 19 (ANTARA) - The West Kalimantan immigration authorities would deport two Iraqi men for illegally entering Indonesia from Kuching, eastern Malaysia, last Tuesday.
Ather M Meej, 35, and Wasyim Muhammad, 29, were arrested when checking-in at Supadio Airport for a Jakarta flight, Head of the province's immigration surveillance and enforcement Noor Agus Hidayat said here Friday.
They went to Pontianak with another Iraqi, Hamid Th Bin Al Sadaun, 45, but the latter had a valid passport and visa.
Due to the fact that Sadaun went with two Iraqi men whose passports did not have a valid visa, he was then suspected by the immigration authorities as a people smuggler, Hidayat said.
For investigation purposes, they were brought to the immigration detention center in Kubu Raya regency, he said.
In his testimonies, Sadaun said he had just known the two Iraqis when he happened to meet them at the Entikong border check post Pasar Baru area last Tuesday, Hidayat said.
When meeting them, they looked confused so that he suggested them that they go with him to Pontianak by car and continue their trip to Jakarta by airplane, Sadaun was quoted as saying.
However, he was not aware of the two Iraqi men's visa validity, he was quoted by Hidayat as saying.
Hidayat quoted Sadaun's confession that he frequently entered Indonesia from the East Malaysian city of Kuching because he was an oil and yellow sandalwood trader.
Like Sadaun, his two Iraqi colleagues also admitted that they entered Indonesia for business purposes. They said they wanted to purchase Indonesian textile products to be sold in Iraq, he said.
Hidayat said the final result of the investigation showed that Sadaun was clear from any criminal charges so that he would have been freed but the two other Iraqis would be deported.
Indonesia has frequently been used as a transit point by illegal asylum seekers from such conflict-hit countries as Iraq, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka on their way to Australia.
The people-smuggling syndicates then provide the asylum seekers with boats to reach Australian waters. A lot of the boat skippers are Indonesians.
As a result, tens of Indonesians had been detained in the Hakea prison in Perth, Western Australia, after the local magistrate court found them guilty of people smuggling.
Ather M Meej, 35, and Wasyim Muhammad, 29, were arrested when checking-in at Supadio Airport for a Jakarta flight, Head of the province's immigration surveillance and enforcement Noor Agus Hidayat said here Friday.
They went to Pontianak with another Iraqi, Hamid Th Bin Al Sadaun, 45, but the latter had a valid passport and visa.
Due to the fact that Sadaun went with two Iraqi men whose passports did not have a valid visa, he was then suspected by the immigration authorities as a people smuggler, Hidayat said.
For investigation purposes, they were brought to the immigration detention center in Kubu Raya regency, he said.
In his testimonies, Sadaun said he had just known the two Iraqis when he happened to meet them at the Entikong border check post Pasar Baru area last Tuesday, Hidayat said.
When meeting them, they looked confused so that he suggested them that they go with him to Pontianak by car and continue their trip to Jakarta by airplane, Sadaun was quoted as saying.
However, he was not aware of the two Iraqi men's visa validity, he was quoted by Hidayat as saying.
Hidayat quoted Sadaun's confession that he frequently entered Indonesia from the East Malaysian city of Kuching because he was an oil and yellow sandalwood trader.
Like Sadaun, his two Iraqi colleagues also admitted that they entered Indonesia for business purposes. They said they wanted to purchase Indonesian textile products to be sold in Iraq, he said.
Hidayat said the final result of the investigation showed that Sadaun was clear from any criminal charges so that he would have been freed but the two other Iraqis would be deported.
Indonesia has frequently been used as a transit point by illegal asylum seekers from such conflict-hit countries as Iraq, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka on their way to Australia.
The people-smuggling syndicates then provide the asylum seekers with boats to reach Australian waters. A lot of the boat skippers are Indonesians.
As a result, tens of Indonesians had been detained in the Hakea prison in Perth, Western Australia, after the local magistrate court found them guilty of people smuggling.
