JAKARTA - Indonesian police have arrested 26 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were stranded after their boat hit a reef as they tried to reach Australia's Christmas Island, an official said Tuesday.
Based on a tip-off from local fishermen, police arrested the 17 men and 6 women, as well as three children, off an island in Jakarta's Thousand Islands chain on Monday morning, senior police officer Bungin Misalayuk told AFP.
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