Indonesia jails people smuggler
- Published: 20 Feb 2013 at 17.43
- Online news: Asia
An Afghan man who helped organise an Australia-bound boat trip on which 90 asylum seekers drowned was sentenced Wednesday to six years' jail in Indonesia for people-smuggling.
Dawood Amiri, alias Irfan (centre) leaves the East Jakarta court in Jakarta after his trial on February 20, 2013. Amiri, 20,who helped organise an Australia-bound boat trip on which 90 asylum seekers drowned, was sentenced Wednesday to six years' jail in Indonesia for people-smuggling.
Prosecutors had earlier this month sought a seven-year term for 20-year-old Dawood Amiri, alias Irfan, who was described by the judge as a middle man in the smuggling operation.
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