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| Indonesia detains 59: police |
| 2009-06-05 |
| [Straits Times] INDONESIA has detained 59 Afghan and Pakistani migrants on eastern Sumba island and arrested four alleged people-smugglers trying to send them to Australia, police said on Thursday. The migrants were travelling from neighbouring Sumbawa islandŽs coastal town of Bima to Australia on Wednesday, East Sumba police chief Petra Putra said. |
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