8 Chinese men were arrested as soon as they arrived in Australia! Agitated official intervention

#01：

8 Chinese arrested

Border law enforcement dispatched

A suspected smuggling incident shocked the northern border of Australia – eight suspected Chinese men took the risk of crossing the ocean and quietly landed on the remote coast of the Northern Territory. Before they could make a steady progress, they were arrested on the spot in the bushes.

This emergencies not only unveiled the tip of the iceberg of a transnational smuggling journey, but also triggered a new round of political debates over Australian border security…

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According to Australian media reports,The incident happened on Tuesday near the indigenous town of Maningrida, about 500 kilometers from Darwin.

While inspecting, local staff accidentally found six strange men walking hard among the bushes, dressed thinly and looked nervous.

The next day, two more were discovered by Aboriginal forest rangers, and the whole incident quickly attracted the intervention of the Australian Border Enforcement Bureau (ABF).

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Although the Australian authorities have not yet announced the specific whereabouts or identity information of the people, nor have they disclosed whether the ship they were on has been found.

It is reported that these eight people are considered male smugglers from China and landed on the Australian mainland through sea smuggling.

Since the landing site is remote and has no trace, it is speculated that they may have been put on the shore by Indonesian fishing boats. This situation adds to the complexity of the case and also exposes surveillance loopholes on the northern border of Australia.

#02：

Several smuggling cases have occurred

Australia’s border security is in urgent need of

It is worth noting that this is not the first time that a Chinese citizen has attempted to enter Australia illegally through sea routes.

Last year, Australian media also reported many suspected population smuggling operations related to Chinese citizens’ smuggling, and some cases were even discovered and stopped by Indonesian authorities before arriving in Australia.

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In November last year, a team of Garngi indigenous forest rangers on remote coastal islands in the Northern Territory launched an emergency rescue operation to rescue four asylum seekers.

This time, the name asylum seeker “comes from afar” from China and quietly entered Australia.

After being discovered, one of the old men even had a fear face and repeatedly asked not to be sent back to China, even saying something amazing, “If I go back, I will be killed.”

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In April last year, a fishing boat full of Chinese stowaways arrived in Australia and even alarmed the Prime Minister.

Australian media pointed out that more and more smuggling operations are targeting remote coastlines in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Smugglers upgraded their methods of committing crimes:The ships are painted green or black, disguised as fishing boats, avoiding radar detection in the mangrove areas; wait until the Australian border patrol ships evacuate in the evening, and then quickly drop smugglers.

This is no longer an “adventurer’s desperate bet”, but a “population smuggling industry chain” that operates maturely across countries.

The forest ranger even said:

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Australia’s Border Enforcement and Home Minister Tony Burke declined to comment on “ongoing operations”.

Andrew Hastie, the new opposition shadow minister for internal affairs, took the opportunity to criticize the Albanian government for “seriously insufficient investment in border security and defense capabilities.”

This incident once again aroused the concerns of Australian society about border control capabilities.

The current incident is not only an illegal entry case, but also a severe test on Australia’s national security system.