Six Indonesian fishermen who admitted to killing their Chinese captain on board a registered Vanuatu fishing vessel have been sentenced to serve 18 years behind bars. The Supreme Court also issued an order for the defendants to be deported to Indonesia when they become eligible for parole after nine years, which is around April 2026.
Mr Justice Daniel Fatiaki initially ordered 30 years imprisonment as the starting point but reduced to 28 years in recognition of each defendant’s ages that ranged from 21 years to 25 and the fact that they are all foreign citizens being sentenced in a country thousand kilometers away from home.
