JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Reports say an Indonesian military tribunal has sentenced a soldier to six years in jail for attempting to smuggle illegal migrants to Australia on board an overcrowded boat that sank last December, killing about 200 people.
A military court in the East Java town of Madium found Sgt. Ilmun Abdul Said guilty of arranging the trip. Only 49 people survived when the boat was hit by a powerful wave and broke apart.
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