Aussie police ask help over migrants

Aussie police ask help over migrants

BOGOR (JP): Australian police have asked for the help of Bogor
Regional Police in preventing Middle Eastern migrants illegally
entering the country through the West Java port of Pelabuhan
Ratu, an official said on Thursday.

Bogor Regional Police chief Col. Edi Darnadi said two officers
from the Australian police force had recently paid a visit and
asked the Indonesian Police to help stop the flow of illegal
Middle Eastern migrants, who they said often committed criminal
offenses in Australia.

"They said thousands of Middle Eastern migrants have thronged
Australia in the past couple of years and they have had
difficulties in handling them," Edi said, adding that Bogor
Police have netted 15 illegal migrants since last December.

"We will do the best we can to help. Our intelligence officers
in Bogor, Sukabumi and Pelabuhan Ratu have already been ordered
to monitor this case," he added. (24/edt)