'Accidental' Indonesian people smuggler Polche Genakalong out in two weeks AN INDONESIAN man tricked into becoming a people smuggler will spent two more weeks in jail before being returned to his waiting daughter. Polche Genakalong, 31, smiled and nodded as the District Court today imposed a back-dated 252-day sentence for his inadvertent criminal offending. In June last year, Genakalong accepted a stranger's offer of $500 to join a fishing crew off the coast of Indonesia. Upon accepting a $50 downpayment, however, he was flown to Java to help crew a 15m wooden boat transporting 42 asylum seekers. The boat's captain left, aboard another vessel, before it reached Australian waters and so avoided arrest. Genakalong was taken into custody by Royal Australian Navy officers after the boat took on water and one of the asylum seekers called for help on a satellite phone. In sentencing today, Judge Paul Rice said Genakalong had pleaded guilty upon his first court appearance, showing he "was genuinely sorry." He said Genakalong had been assaulted in prison and suffered further when his wife died, in Indonesia, in a motorbike accident. "Your grief has been mixed with concern for the welfare of your daughter, who is being cared for by your mother," he said. You want to be with your daughter without delay. Judge Rice said he doubted Genakalong would ever reoffend, but his punishment must serve to deter others. He imposed a two-year jail term and 252-day non-parole period, back-dated to the day the boat was intercepted. Genakalong will be released from custody and deported in two weeks.