Indonesia, July 28 -- The Mataram Immigration Office in West Nusa Tenggara announced on Monday that it has uncovered a human trafficking network involving 10 Bangladeshi nationals planning to send six Bangladeshi citizens to Australia.

In conducting their human trafficking operation, the Bangladeshi nationals rented three houses in Batulayar Village, Batulayar Sub-district, West Lombok District, the Mataram Immigration Office head, Mirza Akbar, stated.

"Their whereabouts could be detected thanks to the local residents' tip-offs, and, assisted by the police, the 16 Bangladeshi nationals were then arrested on Thursday, July 24," Akbar remarked.

After their arrest, they were placed in the Mataram immigration detention house, he noted, add...