An Indian man on a tourist visa was stopped and questioned by the Australian Border Force (ABF) officers at the Perth International Airport after he arrived from Malaysia on Thursday.
The 45-year-old man was refused entry into the country after the ABF officers found video depicting child exploitation on his phone, during the examination.
As a result, the officers seized his phone and subsequently cancelled his visa as it contravened custom regulations.
ABF Regional Commander for Western Australia, Rod O’Donnell, said ABF officers were committed to preventing the importation of prohibited material into the country.
“Although the video wasn’t of a sexual nature it did show a child being physically assaulted. Visitors to Australia need to be aware that imagery depicting any form of child exploitation is not permitted to be brought into Australia,” Commander O’Donnell said in a statement.
The man was detained and transferred to the Perth Immigration Detention Centre until he was removed from the country early on Sunday morning.
“There are significant penalties and consequences for the importation of abhorrent material, and in particular child exploitation material and anyone caught engaging in this behaviour risks forfeiting their right to be here,” Commander O’Donnell added.
The case is just one of an increasing number of defaulters apprehended by the Australian Border Force in recent times.
Earlier in January, an Indian national on a visitor visa had to face court in Perth after being charged with possessing “child exploitation” and “other abhorrent material” on two of his mobile phones.
The 32-year-old was deported after he completed two months in jail for carrying the ‘objectionable material’ -all banned under Australian law.
What is banned/illegal under Australian law?
Banned material includes child pornography, bestiality, explicit sexual violence, degradation, cruelty and non-consensual sex.
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In more detail, the ABF website lists “publications, films, computer games and any other goods that describe, depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence, terrorist acts or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults are not allowed.”
