owner-sievx-news
Sun, 10 Aug 2003 22:56:42 -0700
WILL TRIAL REVEAL MORE ABOUT AUSTRALIA'S PEOPLE SMUGGLING DISRUPTION PROGRAMME? As the ABC news report below indicates, the trial of alleged people smuggler Ali Al Jenabi began in Darwin yesterday. It is expected that the trial will go for three weeks and call 108 witnesses - many of whom will be people who travelled on the boats allegedly organised by Al Jenabi. This trial will be closely followed by those interested in finding out more about Australia's People Smuggling Disruption Programme in Indonesia. It is possible that testimony from asylum seekers may help to cast light on some of the dark secrets of the SIEVX Affair. Some of the boats that Al Jenabi allegedly brought to Australia left from Kupang where the Australian Federal Police informant, Kevin John Enniss was operating from August 2000-September 2001. For further information see: http://sievx.com/articles/psdp/2003/20030224BenHarvey.html http://sievx.com/articles/psdp/20020304LindsayMurdoch.html http://sievx.com/testimony/20020926Faulkner3SpeechesToSenate.html --------- MAN CHARGED WITH PEOPLE SMUGGLING FACES DARWIN COURT ABC Radio Australia News 6 August 2003 X-URL: http://www.abc.net.au/ra/newstories/RANewsStories_918804.htm A committal hearing for the first man to be extradited to Australia on people smuggling charges has begun in a court in the northern city of Darwin. Our reporter, Allison Cooper, says 32-year-old Ali Hassan Abdolamir Al Jenabi is facing 22 charges relating to bringing more than 350 illegal immigrants to Australia in 2000 and 2001. It took more than half an hour to read the charges, during which Al Jenabi, who has been in custody since he was extradited to Australia from Thailand late last year, sat quietly. The court heard from one Iraqi witness, who said he paid Al Jenabi about $A10,000 ($US6,500) for his family to travel from Syria to Australia via Malaysia and Indonesia, before they were stopped by Australian authorities at the Ashmore Reef in June 2000. The man said when leaving Kupang on small boats to meet a larger vessel, he thought his wife and child had drowned in rough seas. It is expected 108 witnesses will give evidence during the three week hearing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This list is hosted by http://sievx.com SIEVX-NEWS is a low-traffic list for disseminating news about the SIEVX Affair. To unsubscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe sievx-news' in the body. All other requests/comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~