6 Indian Citizens Confeded In The Waters Of Rote Ndao NTT, Currently Secured At The Police Headquarters

A number of foreigners from India were arrested by the Rote Ndao Police when they were stranded in the waters of South Rote, Rote Ndao Regency, NTT/ANTARA

The Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of East Nusa Tenggara confirmed that six foreigners suspected of being Indian nationals were stranded in the waters of South Rote District, Rote Ndao Regency. "I have received this information, and it is informed that the six foreign nationals were secured by the local police at 09.00 WITA local time," said the Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Marciana D Jone, to ANTARA in Kupang, Thursday, January 19. He explained that currently the six foreigners suspected of being Indian citizens have been at the Rote Ndao Police Headquarters since 13:53 WITA this afternoon. From the results of the preliminary examination, it was found that the six foreigners suspected of originating from India boarded a ship from Sulawesi and were suspected of being related to human smuggling. They departed from Sulawesi and then arrived at Pasir Island, and were secured by officers at the security of Australian waters. They were detained for four days by local security officers, he said. After four days, the six foreigners were then sent back to Indonesian territory and ended up stranded on Rote Ndao, ” he added. He explained that Kupang Immigration officers had been ordered to record the number of foreigners and on Friday, January 20, they would leave for Rote Ndao. In addition, as usual, the handling of a number of foreigners added Marci would be the same as the handling carried out for 13 foreigners from Iraq who were stranded some time ago. Meanwhile, Head of the Public Relations Section of the Rote Police, Ndao Adjunct Inspector Satu Anam Nurcahyo, said that the six foreigners suspected of being from India included Gurjot Singh, Satnam Singh, Karamjit Singh, Aman Singh, Satinder Pal Singh and Harshadkumar Natvarlal. In addition to securing the six foreigners, the local police also arrested four crew members (ABK) from South Sulawesi. "The four Indonesian citizens from South Sulawesi include Zakir Daeng Lewa, Gasali, Daeng Sijaya and Maks," he added. Regarding whether this case is related to human smuggling, his party is still conducting further investigations.