REPORT: One person arrested in case of illegal migration to Indonesia

   
Sources told LBCI on Tuesday that a Lebanese citizen was arrested in the case of illegal migration to Indonesia.        

The sources added that 4 others were interrogated and investigations are underway to reveal all those involved in the incident.                   

In turn, relatives of the victims who lost their lives in the asylum seeking boat blocked on Tuesday several main roads in Akkar to protest what they view as "inaction on the part of Lebanese officials in terms of the disaster."                       

They called on all concerned authorities to reveal the fate of the passengers and recover the survivors.                  

Dozens of Lebanese nationals hailing from the town of Akkar were reported dead on Friday, September 26 after a boat carrying them to Australia sank off the coast of Indonesia.             

Preliminary information showed that an Iraqi national known as Abou Salah was in charge of transferring the persons to Indonesia before reaching Australia.      
The boat, believed to be carrying about 100 people, capsized off West Java's Sukabumi district after being hit by high waves.            

The boat, carrying asylum seekers from Lebanon, Pakistan and Iraq, was headed for Australia's Christmas Island.


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