Iming-iming Rp20 Million Per Person, These 3 Crew Members Turn The Context Of Smuggling Chinese Citizens To Australia

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MAUMERE - Rote Ndao Police, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) arrested three Indonesian citizens (WNI) who wanted to smuggle two foreign nationals (WNA) from China to Australia. "Three Indonesian crew members (ABK) smuggled two foreigners from China using one ship through Indonesian marine waters with the aim of heading to Australia without valid travel documents and not through the Immigration Checkpoint (TPI)," said Rote Ndao Police Chief AKBP Mardiono in an official statement received in Maumere, NTT, Antara, Tuesday, May 28. Mardiono explained that the initial information was obtained on Sunday, May 26 that there was a ship suspected of loading foreigners in the waters of South Rote Island. After searching, Rote Ndao Police personnel found one ship with 3 Indonesian citizens who were crew members along with 2 foreigners, precisely in Landu Waters, Southwest Rote District, so an arrest was immediately made. The identities of the three perpetrators are AGW (44) and I (37) from Sikka Regency, and K (38) from Selayar Regency, South Sulawesi Province. From initial information, the three crew members were offered by a person with the initials BP, Thursday, to take the ship to Maluku to transport fish for a fee of Rp. 2.5 million each. They also departed from Sikka Regency to Moa Island in Southwest Maluku using a wooden boat, Saturday, May 11. On Wednesday, May 15, BP took the two foreigners from China at Moa Harbor, then assisted by two other men took the foreigner to the ship carried by the three crew members. AGW, who felt cheated because they were asked to only transport fish, finally contacted BP. However, BP said it would provide an additional wage of Rp. 20 million each so that the three crew members agreed to this and the ship departed for Australia with a coordinate point sent by BP. However, on Friday, May 17, approximately 17 miles before the ship arrived in Darwin, Australia, an Australian Navy ship unit intercepted their ship and conducted interrogation for entering Australian waters without valid documents. Furthermore, on Sunday, at 09.00 WITA, Australian Navy personnel provided one unit of a white fiber-coated wooden ship with blue and black tutoring white to three crew members and two foreigners along with one GPS with a specified coordinate point, Rote Island. The Australian Navy personnel carried out escorts to the Australian-Indonesian waters, so the five people returned to sailing to Indonesia via the sea waters of Rote Island. "The crime motives of the three crew members are carrying out human smuggling efforts to gain profits, while two foreigners are looking for jobs in Australia," said Mardiono. The Rote Ndao Police have examined witnesses and secured several pieces of evidence.

The perpetrators are also suspected of violating Article 120 paragraph (1) of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code with a minimum imprisonment of five years and a maximum of 15 years, while the maximum fine is IDR 500 million and a maximum of IDR 1.5 billion.