PMW ID:
9549
Friday, January 22, 2016
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa
ROTE ISLAND, Indonesia (Sydney Morning Herald/Pacific Media Watch): The captain of an asylum seeker boat who said he was paid thousands of dollars by an Australian official to return to Indonesia has been sentenced to five years and eight months' jail on people smuggling charges.
The panel of judges also ordered Yohanis Humiang, 35, to pay 700 million rupiah ($70,000) or serve an additional five months in prison.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/people-smuggler-cash-scandal-jail-for-boat-crew-paid-by-australian-official-to-turn-back-20160117-gm7jos.html
Captain Yohanis Humiang (seated left) with the head of the people-smuggling division of Nusa Tenggara Timur, Ibrahim, and Rote police chief Hidayat last June. Photo: Tempo
