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RI WANTS SEVERE PUNISHMENT FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
Nusa Dua, April 15 (ANTARA) - Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said people smuggling was a violation of transnational laws that left victims and therefore the crime should entail harsh punishment as a deterrent.
"Comprehensive tackling of the problem should not only be focused on victims but also on exchange of intelligence and apparatuses concerned," he told newsmen here on Wednesday.
Wirajuda was here as host of the 3rd Bali Regional Ministerial Conference along with his Australian counterpart, Stephen Smith.
Representatives of 41 countries and international institutions attended the two-day conference. They comprised delegates from 33 member countries of the Bali Process, eight observers and eight international organization representatives.
Also present at the meeting were the secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), Surin Pitsuwan, and UNHCR representatives.
The attendees included 17 foreign ministers and 11 ministerial-level officials.
The main topics of the conference were people smuggling, international human trafficking and related transnational crimes.
He said courts, prosecutors' offices, police and other institutions in many countries had not only uncovered the network but also punished those involved in them to give a deterrent effect.
"It is clear the legal dimension is part of the comprehensive effort," he said.
Smith meanwhile said that methods, ways, equipment used by and coordination among countries dealing with the problem had now been better.
"I saw it has been better. Australia is obviously very concerned about the problem and therefore if it could be solved it would certainly help improve regional security," he said.
After the conference the two ministers issued a joint statement. One of the important things participating countries had agreed was the establishment of an ad hoc institution dedicated to implement concrete responses from regional countries on many things happening in the region.
"The case by case approach will be put forward in line with the request of countries affected by the crimes," he said.
"Comprehensive tackling of the problem should not only be focused on victims but also on exchange of intelligence and apparatuses concerned," he told newsmen here on Wednesday.
Wirajuda was here as host of the 3rd Bali Regional Ministerial Conference along with his Australian counterpart, Stephen Smith.
Representatives of 41 countries and international institutions attended the two-day conference. They comprised delegates from 33 member countries of the Bali Process, eight observers and eight international organization representatives.
Also present at the meeting were the secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), Surin Pitsuwan, and UNHCR representatives.
The attendees included 17 foreign ministers and 11 ministerial-level officials.
The main topics of the conference were people smuggling, international human trafficking and related transnational crimes.
He said courts, prosecutors' offices, police and other institutions in many countries had not only uncovered the network but also punished those involved in them to give a deterrent effect.
"It is clear the legal dimension is part of the comprehensive effort," he said.
Smith meanwhile said that methods, ways, equipment used by and coordination among countries dealing with the problem had now been better.
"I saw it has been better. Australia is obviously very concerned about the problem and therefore if it could be solved it would certainly help improve regional security," he said.
After the conference the two ministers issued a joint statement. One of the important things participating countries had agreed was the establishment of an ad hoc institution dedicated to implement concrete responses from regional countries on many things happening in the region.
"The case by case approach will be put forward in line with the request of countries affected by the crimes," he said.
