An Iranian-born human trafficker has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by an Australian judge, Xinhua reported Monday.
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Khorram Heydarkhani, 41, is accused of organizing boats for illegal asylum-seekers, including one that crashed off Christmas Island in 2010 killing 50 people.
He pleaded guilty to organising five boats for travel from Indonesia to Australia between June 2010 and January 2011.
A Perth district court judge said Heydarkhani was the leader of a human trafficking gang.
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The Australian courts should put this man in for "LIFE" not just 14 years. How many people have died because of his ruthlessness to pursue the ALMIGHTY DOLLAR no matter what or once he has completed his stint in prison, he should be deported to the country he came from. Surely Australia does not need people of this calibre. These guys enter the country as illegal refugees, get all the benefits that the country provides not only for them but also their families. These people cant speak the language and they DONT want to learn it because by doing this, they can't work & they are supported by the tax payer. Hopefully all this will be done away with after the next election when this woman Julia Gillard is knocked off her perch & someone who feels for the Australian worker will ban these illegal boat people from entering Australia. There a genuine refugees waiting patiently in camps who should be allowed in first, not these bums
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