The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 12/11/2009 11:00 AM
The National Police Criminal Detective Squad and a task force of the West Nusa Tenggara Police have detained 47 illegal Afghan immigrants in East and West Lombok, officials said Friday.
Adj. Comr. Lalu Wirajaya, spokesman of the provincial police, told tempointeraktif.com that the police were currently questioning the immigrants.
He said six of the immigrants were arrested in a hotel, while 41 others were arrested at a house belonging to local resident Haji Ismail.
“It seems that Ismail did not understand the regulation on sheltering foreign people, but we are investigating whether he was helping the immigrants to escape to another country,” Lalu said.
Last month, more than 100 illegal immigrants from Afghanistan, who were en route to Australia, were arrested separately in waters off East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) and Banten provinces.
Indonesia has become a major transit point for people fleeing countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Sri Lanka.
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