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DENPASAR - A 14-year-old Australian boy who was previously arrested for drug possession on the Indonesian island of Bali has been moved from a police detention cell to an immigration detention center, the Antara news agency reported on Monday.
With his face covered, the boy arrived at the center on Saturday afternoon while accompanied by police officers and his parents. The head of the province's law and human rights office, Taswem Tarib, said the boy had to be moved due to limited space at the penitentiary.
Tarib said Indonesia would continue to treat the case according to the law but, for humanitarian reasons, the government had decided to give the boy special treatment. "Once again, the law will be enforced but for humanitarian reasons it was decided to hold him at this center. After all, we still do not have a good place to detain children," he explained, as quoted by Antara.
The suspect's lawyer, Rifan, welcomed the decision. "We are glad. His family is also glad. This shows that the Indonesian government cares and respects children's human rights," he said.
The immigration detention center has eight rooms where 36 illegal immigrants from Iran, Afghanistan and Malaysia stay. The Australian boy was placed in a room measuring 7 meters by 5 meters (22.9 feet by 16.4 feet)
The boy, whose identity has not been released, was caught carrying marijuana in Legian, Bali earlier this month. He faces a maximum sentence of six years in an adult prison if convicted.
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