Yohanis Humiang alleges he was taken aboard an Australian navy ship where he negotiated the payment so as not to recede domestic ‘empty-handed’The captain of an asylum-seeker boat allegedly intercepted by the Australian navy has told a court how he negotiated a hefty payment to take the migrants back to Indonesia to avoid going domestic “empty-handed”.
The Indonesian captain,Yohanis Humiang, 35, or is on trial charged with people-smuggling after Australian officials allegedly stopped his boat in May and paid him and his crew US$32000 to return to Indonesia.
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Source: theguardian.com