Judge Ta Quoc Viet

Judge Ta Quoc Viet: The men were found guilty of arranging for 33 people to leave by boat in May 2012. The boat ran aground in Indonesia. The court found the gang arranged another voyage for 28 people later the same month but the gang members were arrested before the boat embarked, Judge Ta Quoc Viet said, according to Times Colonist. Each passenger was charged between $6,000 and $13,000 for the voyage, most of it to be paid on arrival in Australia, according to Viet and HANOI, Vietnam - A Vietnamese court sentenced four men to up four years in prison for arranging two illegal sea voyages to Australia for more than 60 would-be migrants, a judge said Wednesday. The men received sentences of between 1 1/2 and four years at the hearing Tuesday in southern Ba Ria Vung Tau province, said the judge. It was not possible to contact lawyers for the men. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.