Australia Senator rejected and expelled from Malaysia

Photos released by the Office of senator Nick Xenophon suggests that Australia is sitting while detained at airport immigration Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia hold demonstrations has been involved since Xenophon that presented the opposition.

KUALA LUMPUR, KOMPAS.com-A senator from Australia, Nick Xenophon independent stronghold, denied entry because Malaysia is regarded as a threat to the security and harmony of Malaysia.

Xenophon Malaysia immigration officer was arrested on arrival at Kuala Lumpur Airport, Wednesday (16/2), and will be immediately deported to Melbourne, Australia, in the evening.

"I was told that I was a threat to security, and I am not allowed to enter the country," said Xenophon told Reuters news agency by telephone.

Malaysia's official news agency, Bernama, mentioning, Xenophon was arrested at the terminal special cheap flights (low cost carrier terminal) at 06.50 pm local time so get off the plane that brought him from Melbourne.

Named Add, upper House member of Parliament were arrested because Australia is known to have a history of "disrupting the harmony of the country", according to article 8 paragraph (3) of the Immigration Act of Malaysia.

Shocked and disappointed

News of the arrest of one of the members of the legislature it was surprising the Government of Australia. Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr called Malaysia's move "surprising and disappointing".

"Senator Xenophon's Detention is surprising and disappointing move from a country that has always had a strong diplomatic relations with Australia," said Carr.

Carr also claimed to have ordered officials to Australia immediately sought the liberation of Xenophon and demanded an explanation over the incident has been completed.

"It's really strange and very unusual," said Xenophon, who profess to intend meeting with Malaysia opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, in a visit this time around.

Xenophon and several other members of the Parliament of Australia will also meet with officials of the Office of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, the Electoral Commission, and activist groups are demanding reform of the Clean election rule in Malaysia. However, the visit of the members of Parliament were cancelled after the arrest of Xenophon.

No free legal

Malaysia's immigration Director-General Datuk Ahmad Alias in official statements say, Xenophon denied entrance to Malaysia because he had attended a demonstration prohibited in Kuala Lumpur, in April last year.

"Malaysia is a free and democratic country, but there is no one who is free of the law. The authorities will take appropriate action against the person who is supposed to have violated national laws, "said Aka.

Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein added, the detention decision Xenophon in no way politically motivated. He also asserted, the status of Xenophon as a senator at all just makes it special in the eyes of law of Malaysia.

"As long as the decision (detention) was done according to the law, his status as a senator does not make him special," said Hishammuddin, Named was quoted as saying.

Xenophon acknowledges, as observers last year, on April 28, he was present in the demonstration Clean 3.0 in Kuala Lumpur. At the time, he was present at the invitation of Anwar Ibrahim and acting as an observer of the election system in Malaysia.

Net movement, which also was held in 2007 and 2011, demanding a thorough reform of the electoral system in the country.

The demonstrations ended ricuh when the protesters tried to ignore the police blockade. Police then fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators.

Now, Xenophon returned to Malaysia to ensure freedom in the coming elections. Malaysia will hold elections no later than the end of next June.

The detention sparked immediate protest the Xenophon among Malaysia's opposition. Anwar himself mentions the detention as "an abuse of power that is very rough".

"I want to remind the Prime Minister Najib Razak that he's not entitled to treat the guests as the enemy just because they were being critical of his Government," said Anwar.

Lim Chee Wee, President of the Malaysian Bar Association lawyer, said detention of Xenophon's "shameful events" and "absurd". Lim warned, Governments should Malaysia apologises unreservedly to the Australia's senators.

The Government of Malaysia has always been claimed to have carried out the election freely and fairly.

However, the activist thinks there are still a number of shortcomings in the case of voter registration, the purchase of votes, media reports and a Government that is considered one-sided. (Reuters/AFP/AP/DHF)

Loloskan Australia Asylum Seekers ACT New

CANBERRA, KOMPAS.com- In an attempt to stop the arrival of new asylum seekers, Australia's Parliament Thursday (16/8/2012), the night passed legislation asylum seekers, by opening a new facility for processing asylum seekers outside Australia, which is on the island of Manus (Papua New Guinea) and Nauru.

The proposals put forward the Labour Government was supported by opposition parties, the Liberal Party, although in a discussion in the House of Councillors, the Green Party Senator trying to give additional articles, but the proposal was rejected. After the proposal of the expert team, chaired the former Commander in Chief of the armed forces Houston to open the facility Angus outside Australia is Monday, more than 200 asylum seekers have arrived in Australia. They will now be sent to Nauru.

The team of experts proposed a hard policy so that indeed those who arrive in Australia will not benefit to be processed more quickly than those who ask for asylum elsewhere. According to a report in the Australia correspondent Compass, l. Literature Wijaya, the Green Party, which from the outset reject such policy, denounced the new LAW because it limits how long did not give the asylum seekers will be detained in Nauru.

The Green Party also alleged that Australia violates international human rights obligations. Green Party Senator, Sarah Hanson-Young said, currently at Christmas Island there are 10 children who are still minors, which would probably be transferred to Nauru and they would not get legal protection from the new LAW.

"Under the Pacific solution Julia Gillard was asked, they get less protection than ACT ever made by the Government of John Howard." said Hanson-Young. But Government spokesman in the House of Councillors, Kate Lundy maintains the Government's position by saying, this ACT will save many souls, because preventing asylum seekers travel dangerous at sea.

Kate Lundy also said give special treatment for children, will make the penyeludup the human sent many children without their parents. The Labour Government does seem to be trying hard to overcome the problem of asylum seekers, because politically these issues affect their popularity.

Because there is no effective policy, in the last eight months, more than 7,000 asylum seekers had arrived in Australia, most traveled from Indonesia. Now with this new LAW, the Government led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard wished issue asylum seekers no longer making headlines in the media-political media Australia.

Judges Critique against Australia To CHILD(REN)

ADELAIDE, KOMPAS.com — A citizen of Indonesia, Zainudin sentenced to prison three years because it is considered proven penyeludupan humans to Australia. However, the judge who dropped the decision in Adelaide Wednesday (15/8/2012) are not comfortable with the rules requiring a minimum sentence to be meted out against Zainudin.

For nearly two weeks, Zainudin (27) and Slamet (19) disidangkan in Adelaide, Australia, because of allegedly carried aboard contained 83 asylum seekers, mostly from Iraq and Iran, in May last year.

The jury in the court eventually decided Slamet innocence and therefore exempt, but the decision to drop his guilty Zainudin. According to the rules in Australia at the moment, anyone who is found guilty because human penyeludupan should be sentenced to prison at least less five years, with a minimum of three years before being able to get early release.

According to judge Gordon Barrett, Thursday (16/8/2012), when sentenced, the role of the actual categories include most Zainudin bottom in criminality for human penyeludupan. "It should be a crime committed requires the existence of ' forgiveness ', however minimal sentencing that could drop is a five-year prison sentences," said judge Barrett.

According to a report in Adelaide, Compass correspondent L Literature Wijaya, during the trial, asserting get Zainudin and Slamet "order" from a guy named Syaiful to bring an Entourage of tourists to an island. They get charged almost $ 3 million, but did not know that the ship was actually going to take a trip to Australia, and bringing the asylum seekers.

"On board the passengers already pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to the penyeludup of man, something you might not know the defendant," added Judge Barrett.

When the ship was out a little from the territorial waters of Indonesia, the captain of the ship for plunging Syaiful aboard a ship to another ship which followed brought by Zainudin. "You get information that upon arrival at the destination, You will be returned to Indonesia. Whereas those who organize it all, know that it is not going to happen. They don't care about You will be tried in Australia as penyeludup manusiam, "said Barrett.

Because the jury declared guilty, then Judge Zainudin Barrett should be sentenced to jail Zainudin.

A judge in Western Australia Wayne Martin, last February also convey a similar opinion that the punishment inflicted upon the defendant at least like very unbalanced with Zainudin "crimes" it does.