Bloody Boat People!

[Rev.Cambeul]

Driving licences 'being rorted'

Verity Edwards | The Australian | November 18, 2013

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/driving-licences-being-rorted/story-e6frgczx-1226762106225?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAustralianTheNationNews+%28The+Australian+%7C+The+Nation%29#

A GROUP of driving instructors and training bodies say corruption is "rife" in South Australia's privatised driver's licence industry, alleging that up to 40 instructors are passing people who fail tests for money, and selling pass results within immigrant communities.

Two instructors said there were rogue driving instructors operating in immigrant communities, ignoring blatant breaches of road laws during driver's licence examinations, and on weekends passing people who had not sat tests. "I can get my licence in South Australia for $500 without even going for a test, through a friend of a friend," said one instructor who refused to be named. [more ...]

[Br.IanVonTurpie]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/world/indonesian-navy-officers-arrested-for-alleged-people-smuggling-operations/story-fni6um3i-1226764254085

THREE Indonesian navy officers have been arrested for alleged involvement in a people-smuggling operation that was set to send a boat of more than 100 asylum seekers to Australia.                                       
The development comes amid a backlash over recent spying allegations, with Indonesia threatening to withdraw co-operation with Australia on various fronts, including joint efforts to stem the flow of asylum-seeker boats to Christmas Island.
The officers were arrested on Tuesday while transporting 106 Rohingya, including 20 children, to a beach in West Java.
``They have been given to Bandung naval military police,'' Indonesian Army Police Detachment Commander Lieutenant Colonel Suparno said.
It's understood the asylum seekers, all from Myanmar, were transported from Bogor south of the Indonesian capital Jakarta to Cipangikis Beach near the village of Sancang.
The group was being transported in tour buses and escorted under escort by the navy officers.
Six Indonesian civilians were also arrested, including a man identified as Asep who police said was acting as agent for the people-smuggling syndicate that organised the venture.



Dirty, monkey faced little bastards! They try their hardest to poison the well we drink from.

[Br.IanVonTurpie]

http://tools.ntnews.com.au/stories/55460818.php
INDONESIAN authorities say they may let people smugglers pass through their waters to reach Christmas Island as diplomatic tensions rise.
Addressing local media at a press conference earlier this evening, Indonesian police chief General Sutarman said his officers wouldn't prevent asylum seekers on boats from reaching Australia.
"We must crackdown on any law violations in the country. But if a person has a purpose to go there (Christmas Island), it does not come under our authority. We no longer have cooperation," he is said in a report from The Jakarta Post.
His comments came after he was asked about President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's suspension of co-operation with Canberra over people smuggling in the wake of the spy scandal.
His words appear to contradict Immigration Minister Scott Morrison's earlier assurances that the two countries were still working together on this issue, despite the diplomatic row that broke out a week ago.
"Operational-level dialogue has continued the whole way through,'' he told ABC Radio on Monday.
While there may be a diplomatic stand-off, cooperative and productive contact was ongoing between "operational-level people who are doing things on a daily basis''.
People smuggling remained a crime in Indonesia and authorities there continued to combat the practice, Mr Morrison said.
"(Indonesian) Immigration officials have said they've had no direction to cease what they are already doing in terms of operating under their own laws.''
INDONESIA HELPS CHINA SPY ON US


Damn them to hell! time to send the muddy boaties to "Davey Jones' locker!"

[Br.IanVonTurpie]

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/asylum-boat-intercepted-near-nt-coast/story-fnk0b1zt-1226793267528   

THE first suspected asylum seeker boat of 2014 has been intercepted north-west of Darwin, just days after the Federal Government talked up the results of its "stop the boats" campaign. 
 
Navy ships intercepted the vessel about eight nautical miles off Cape Van Diemen, the northernmost tip of Melville Island.

Most of them were men and believed to be from South Asian, Middle Eastern and African origin. Their boat was being escorted in a westerly direction yesterday afternoon by three Navy vessels.

Four navy personnel had also boarded the ship.

As per Coalition protocol, Defence and Customs were tight-lipped and refused to disclose any information about the arrival, instead referring queries to Immigration Minister Scott Morrison.

[Br.IanVonTurpie]

http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=940322&cid=BP_RSS_TOPSTORIES_1_AsylumseekersclaimmistreatmentbyRAN_080114
Asylum seekers trying to reach Australia have claimed that members of the Australian navy subjected them to verbal and physical mistreatment as their boat was towed back to Indonesia.

One of the migrants, Yousif Ibrahim from Sudan, said they were handcuffed, called insulting names, and one was beaten with shoes before and during their voyage back to Indonesia, where they arrived Monday.

The 28-year-old also said four people were left with burn marks on their hands when they were forced to hold on to a hot pipe on their boat as punishment for wanting to go to the toilet.

'We asked for water, they didn't want to give us. They called us inhuman words, like illegal refugees, monkeys from Africa,' he told AFP.
:'( :'(

Another asylum seeker speaking to local media made similar claims. Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison refused to comment on the claims but insisted that Australian personnel act with the 'highest levels of professionalism'.

Ibrahim was among 45 immigrants, mostly from Somalia and Sudan, who set off from Indonesia, a major transit point for would-be refugees, to make the treacherous sea crossing to Australia last month.

But they were picked up on an island in Australian waters by officers from three Australian navy vessels and towed back to Indonesian waters, he said, as part of Canberra's hardline border protection policies.

It was the first reported instance that the Australian navy has turned a boat back without informing Indonesian authorities, and prompted fresh anger in Jakarta at Canberra's policies.

[Br.IanVonTurpie]

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/national/australian-navy-reportedly-fired-shots-in-high-seas-to-scare-off-asylum-seekers/story-fnl2dwun-1226803172840


THE Federal Government says no shots have been fired at any time during Operation Sovereign Borders. 
 
An Indonesian local police commissioner from southern Java, who did not want to be named, told Fairfax Media that villagers plucked a number of asylum seekers from the water on January 8 after their boat was turned back by Australian authorities.


After speaking to those on board the boat, the officer said the navy had "shot into the air just to scare them".

"The boat hadn't reached Australia - they were still at sea but they said they could already see Christmas Island,'' the officer said.

"But they said the Australian navy then drove them away and escorted them until they entered Indonesian waters again.''

The boat had been carrying 25 people - including four children - from Bangladesh and Myanmar and two Indonesian crew.

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison told AAP today he would not comment on the specific allegation.

"(But) I can confirm that no shots have been fired at any time by any persons involved in Operation Sovereign Borders since the operation commenced,'' Mr Morrison said in a statement.

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said the government should provide more detail.

"The possibility of shots being fired is really alarming," she told ABC radio.

The only alarming thing about it is they didn't aim the guns firing the shots at the intended targets!