Authorities will seek the extradition of any people-smuggling suspects arrested in Indonesia in connection with the Christmas Island tragedy. Besides facing the toughest provision of Australia's new anti-people-smuggling law, those responsible for dispatching the fishing boat will be liable to separate criminal charges, including manslaughter and reckless endangerment of life.
The law, passed earlier this year, created the new offence of "people-smuggling involving exploitation or danger of death or serious harm" and carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence. Based on information gathered from the Flying Fish Cove survivors, Australian investigators have given Indonesian counterparts the names of three suspects and requested the arrest of at least one, an Iranian national.
The law, passed earlier this year, created the new offence of "people-smuggling involving exploitation or danger of death or serious harm" and carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence. Based on information gathered from the Flying Fish Cove survivors, Australian investigators have given Indonesian counterparts the names of three suspects and requested the arrest of at least one, an Iranian national.
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