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Wikinews Monday, January 2, 2017 fighting for life jackets." Another told In addition to prison time, Aarnio was Ferry burns near Reuters passengers panicked when the ordered to hand over more than €1.3m Jakarta, killing fire broke out, and were met with a sudden conflagration when flames and a Porvoo property. Colleague passengers reached fuel. Mikael Runeberg was convicted of nine corruption offences and also jailed, Boat accidents are common in the receiving a three-and-a-half year island nation. The National sentence. The court found Runeberg A ferry caught fire near Jakarta, Transportation Safety Committee attempted to set up an innocent man in Indonesia this morning. The National reported to The Jakarta Post today that the case. Aarnio tried to hide the Disaster Mitigation Agency said at least shipping accidents were up from fifteen identities of co-conspirators and 23 had died and at least seventeen in 2015 to 28 in 2016. Lead marine prevent investigations proceeding. remain missing. investigator Aldrin Dalimunte told the paper some boats are well-maintained Aarnio, 59, worked his way up to his The Zahro Express caught fire shortly but run by poorly-trained crew who lack position in the Helsinki Police after leaving Muara Angke port in the motivation and knowledge to Department over a 30-year anti-drugs Jakarta. It was heading to Tidung prevent accidents. career. It is his second jail term for Island, in the Kepulauan Seribu chain. corruption. He was found guilty of Police said the fire began in the engine aggravated fraud in an unrelated case area. Helsinki court jails from 2013 connected to his interest in a anti-drug chief Jari firm selling surveillance technology to the police. Also convicted of aggravated Aarnio for drug abuse of public office and aggravated smuggling acceptance of bribes, his sentence in that case was set at three years by the Helsinki Court of Appeal. The Helsinki District Court on Thursday Aarnio says he intends to appeal and sentenced Jari Aarnio, once head of the had argued he acted lawfully. Riitta city's anti-drugs taskforce, to ten years Leppiniemi, defending, said the court in prison for smuggling hashish and may have failed to understand his A manifest listed 100 passengers, but related crimes. department's work. The court ruled the officials estimated over 200 were on convicts offended "with premeditation board. Sumarsono, acting governor of while unscrupulously abusing the Jakarta, dismissed suggestions the position of a police officer." It also said vessel was overloaded. Its blackened they "took advantage of the judicial wreckage was towed back to Muara system and forcible police measures" Angke. and "contributed to reducing public trust in police operations and were Rescuers continue to search for bodies. therefore damaging for the entire As of earlier today, nine of the injured society," in a press release. remained in hospital. Three bodies have The prosecution sought a thirteen-year been identified as Jaksen Wilhelmus, Aarnio, who maintains his innocence, Masduki, and Alia. Jaksen and Masduki term. Aarnio was taken from court to was among thirteen defendants Vantaa Prison. are both from West Java. The National prosecuted over the import and Disaster Mitigation Agency said ten distribution of Dutch hashish totaling Transparency International ranks ships continue to search for bodies or about 800 kg in 2011–12. Ordered into Finnish officials the second-least survivors. immediate custody, Aarnio was corrupt worldwide. Only Denmark is convicted of all 22 charges he faced. "Fifteen minutes after the boat set sail, ranked higher. Five were of aggravated drug offence, people at the back of the boat started with other offences including official making noise," one survivor said. "Then misconduct, threatening a suspect, and I saw smoke, there was more and more, aggravated evidence tampering. the boat was crowded and people were If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en.wikinews.org CIA would later name the suggested Russia expel 35 the same people that said U.S. responds Russian government U.S. diplomats, a form of Saddam Hussein had to Russian responsible. One U.S. retaliation that would have weapons of mass intelligence official told been typical during the Cold destruction." election Reuters this asymmetrical War. 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After his hack, asserting that Obama has taken in response to a television. inauguration, Trump must has been too soft on Russia CIA report issued two weeks either withdraw the throughout his presidency. ago that concluded the sanctions or tacitly endorse The expulsions, unlike Russian government hacked them by allowing them to economic sanctions, do not servers belonging to the U.S. remain in place. Trump apply to the country as a Republican and Democratic enjoys a warm relationship whole, only to specific parties. The CIA report said with Russian president people and organizations. this was to turn the 2016 Vladimir Putin expressing presidential election toward both admiration for Putin Trump has praised Putin's president-elect Donald personally and tolerance of decision to wait until Barack Trump. 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