Court orders deportation of foreigners

Court orders deportation of foreigners

CAMBODIA: Cambodia's municipal court has ordered the deportation
of four foreigners allegedly involved in human trafficking after
finding them guilty of illegal entry, a court official said on
Wednesday.

Prosecutor Sok Roeun said the four men -- two Pakistanis, one
Afghan and one Indonesian -- were convicted during a trial on
Monday.

Pakistanis Naeem Ahmad Chodri, 33, and Barkat Ali, 28; Afghan
Hammad Wali, 37; and Indonesian Abraham Louhenpessy, 41, were
convicted of illegal entry based on their expired passports, Sok
Roeun said.

They were arrested in July for allegedly trying to transport a
boatload of 253 asylum seekers, including 11 women and 14
children, to Australia and New Zealand. Most of them were
Afghans, Pakistanis, and a handful of Iraqis and Indonesians who
had paid to be smuggled.