Kenapa yah, orang2 Islam yg soleh itu berbondong2 datang ke pulau Natal, padahal kan katanya ga boleh ikut merayakan Natal, bahkan ngasih selamat Natal aja kagak boleh.
>________________________________ >From: Sunny <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 3:20 AM >Subject: [proletar] The 'hidden' cargo that eluded Customs > > > >http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/immigration/the-hidden-cargo-that-eluded-customs/story-fn9hm1gu-1226144984146 >The 'hidden' cargo that eluded Customs >Paul Maley and Peter Alford >From: The Australian > >Asylum-seekers arrive at Christmas Island yesterday. Jakarta sources say at >least one more people-smugglers' boat is about to put to sea, carrying up to >70 passengers. Picture: Kent Retallick Source: The Australian > >September 24, 2011 12:00AM >PEPOPLE-SMUGGLERS had crammed 50 asylum-seekers into a tiny, secret >compartment beneath the deck of an Indonesian fishing boat, where they >remained hidden from a Customs boarding party until the boat docked at >Christmas Island. > >Customs and Border Protection was forced into an embarrassing admission >yesterday, revealing that the initial search of one of two vessels intercepted >within hours of each other failed to uncover almost half of its passengers. > >Discovery of the "hidden" cargo was only made later at Christmas Island. > >People on the second boat intercepted, which was carrying 66 passengers, >apparently called contacts in Australia to report it was in trouble in >international waters and in need of assistance. > >Sources in Jakarta told The Weekend Australian that at least one more boat was >about to put to sea, as smugglers take advantage of Australia's political >impasse over asylum policy. > >The boat, expected to carry about 70 passengers, has been organised by a >people-smuggler whose arrest for extradition has been sought by Australian >authorities. The boat's departure was delayed earlier in the week by >Indonesian police action. >The latest interceptions take to three the number of boatloads of >asylum-seekers to be taken to Christmas Island since the August 31 High Court >decision that scuttled the Malaysia Solution. At least two other boats have >been arrested in Indonesian waters in the past fortnight. > >One, a small boat overloaded with 44 passengers, got into difficulties about >three hours after launching near Makassar, Sulawesi, last week. > >Initial reports said one of the two boats intercepted on Thursday was carrying >60 people. That was revised when an additional 50 passengers were found hidden >in a 1m-high concealed compartment below the main deck. > >A spokeswoman for Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor attributed the >embarrassing, and potentially dangerous, oversight to the difficult conditions >that accompanied the boat's interception. > >Customs personnel boarded the vessel in pitch dark, at 12.40am local time >yesterday (3.40am AEST). > >Conditions aboard the ship were described as "incredibly cramped and crowded". > >The spokeswoman said the secret compartment was accessed via a hatch near the >engineroom. > >Once the hatch was located, the spokeswoman said, "people who had been >travelling in a previously unsighted compartment were able to climb out and >move around the multi-tiered hold". > >"The area is approximately one metre in height, which required the people in >that area of the vessel to lie down or crouch to fit," she said. > >"The people in this area were not locked in and do not appear to be have been >actively trying to avoid detection. Rather, the extremely crowded conditions >seem to indicate that this space was utilised to enable all the people to fit >aboard." > >The boat was also taking on water and had to be pumped, although it was not >sinking. > >The second boat, carrying 66 passengers and two crew, was assisted by HMAS >Pirie about midnight on Thursday. > >Australian authorities received two distress calls from people calling within >Australia at 11am and 12pm AEST on Thursday. > >Those on board were frightened by overcrowding on the vessel, which was >sailing in what they thought were high seas. It is understood the boat's >engine was still working and it had not been swamped. > >Authorities described the vessel's condition as "poor" but said it was not in >danger of sinking. It was reported to be 100 nautical miles north of Christmas >Island. > >A search effort was co-ordinated by the Indonesian search and rescue >authority, BASARNAS, with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and the >Rescue Co-ordination Centre providing assistance. > >HMAS Pirie and a RAAF P3 surveillance aircraft searched for the boat, which >was eventually located within the Indonesian search and rescue zone. > >Mr O'Connor defended the decision to take the boat to Australia, saying the >custom in such situations was to head for the nearest port. > >The two latest boats are believed to have sailed from the West Java coast >early on Thursday in seas running 2.5m to 3.5m. > >They evaded Indonesian detection despite the national police's anti-people >smuggling taskforce and immigration investigators operating on heightened >alert since the High Court decision. > >The one carrying 109 people is understood to have been despatched by an Afghan >or Pakistani Hazara operator, and is the biggest boatload to have been sent >from Indonesia this year. > >Canberra officials renewed their request for the arrest of prolific smuggler >Syed Abbas after the previous large consignment - 102 passengers - was >apprehended on August 1. > >Indonesian Justice Ministry officials were advised Abbas was allegedly >responsible. > >Abbas was arrested by the Indonesian anti-people smuggling taskforce on August >24. > >He is currently in national police custody while the ministry clarifies >whether he has to serve a 2 1/2-year sentence for an earlier smuggling >offence, before the Australian request for extradition is heard. > >However groups headed by him and Haji Sakhi, a Pakistani smuggler already >jailed for immigration offences and also sought by the Australians, have >continued to organise boats in the past month. > >Related Coverage >a.. WARNING: Labor tips surge amid asylum limbo >b.. ALP: Gillard's days as PM numbered >c.. DENNIS SHANAHAN: Forget blame game >a.. Four kids among 175 new arrivals The Australian, 6 hours ago >b.. New boat the first since refugee ruling The Australian, 9 Sep 2011 >c.. Asylum boats aim for NZ, Canada The Australian, 12 Jul 2011 >d.. People smugglers 'collateral damage' Courier Mail, 8 Jun 2011 >e.. 'Coerced' smugglers appeal The Australian, 1 May 2011 > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! 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