Indonesian man charged with people smuggling
Posted on March 10, 2010 by by valerirojas
An Indonesian man has been charged with a people smuggling offence after an alleged attempt to facilitate the arrival of 53 people to Australia. AFP
The 42-year-old man was appearing in Perth Magistrates Court today. “tuesday 9th March”
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) charged the man with one count of facilitating the bringing of non-citizens into Australia (of five or more people), contrary to Section 232A of the Migration Act 1958.
The man arrived on 3 December 2009 on a vessel that was intercepted by the Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Pirie, operating under the control of Customs and Border Protection Command, northwest of Ashmore Reef. He is the third man to have been charged in relation to that venture.
