Umthetho omtsha ujolise kukhuseleko lwenqanawa

Abenzi bomthetho be-DRM baphinde bafaka umthetho ngoLwesine odlulileyo ojolise ekuqiniseni ukhuseleko kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa. Umthetho osayilwayo uvela emva kokuba uGeorge Smith, indoda eneminyaka engama-26 ubudala yaseGreenwich, ilahlekile kuhambo lwayo lwasebusuku lweRoyal Caribbean ngoJulayi 2005. Umthetho omtsha wawuxhaswe ngu-Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass) wase-United States kunye no-Rep. IMatsui (D-Calif.). Ijolise ekuphuculeni ukhuseleko kwinqanawa nakwimpendulo yolwaphulo-mthetho, kwaye ifuna ukuba umzi-mveliso uxele ulwaphulo-mthetho kwi-FBI nakwi-US Coast Guard. Umthetho ofanayo waziswa nguMnu Kerry, Nksz Matsui kunye nowayesakuba ngummeli wase US uChristopher Shays (R-4) kunyaka ophelileyo. Yadlula kwiNdlu yabaMeli kodwa yaqiniswa kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu.

Emva kokunyamalala kukaMnumzana Smith, abazali bakhe, uGeorge noMaureen, kunye nodadewabo, u-Bree, bamisela ngokubambisana amaXhoba oMgaqo-nkqubo wamaZwe ngamaZwe (i-ICV), oxhasa umthetho-mali. Umnumzana Shays ubambe uthotho lweengxoxo zecongress kukhuseleko lweenqanawa, ngexesha usapho lakwaSmith lalingqina, lucenga ukhuseleko kunye nokubekwa elubala.

Izithethi ze-FBI zithe ukunyamalala kukaMnu.Smith kusengumxholo wophando olusebenzayo nolusaqhubekayo.

Kwindibano zika Mnumzana Shays, abakwaSmith basebenzisana ne-ICV kunye noKendall Carver, onentombi yakhe ingu-Merrian eneminyaka engama-40 eyalahleka kwiRoyal Caribbean Alaska ngo-Agasti 2004.

Umnumzana Carver uxelele Iposi nge-imeyile ukuba unethemba lokuba umthetho oyilwayo uzakudlula ngeli xesha kodwa wathi, "Ndiyazi ukuba oololiwe bazakuchitha nantoni na ukuthintela nawuphi na umthetho."

"Bafana neakhawunti yebhanki yaseSwitzerland apho izityebi zaseMelika zibeka imali yazo ukunqanda irhafu," wongeze watsho. "Oololiwe bahamba ngenqanawa kwimimandla yabo eLiberia nasePanama ukunqanda irhafu."

Umnumzana Carver uthe ishishini lokuhamba ngeenqanawa "liyayichasa imithetho emitsha yokuphucula ukhuseleko kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa."

"Ngo-2007 ishishini lokuhamba ngeenqanawa zangaphandle lachitha ngaphezu kwe-2.8 yezigidi zeedola eWashington ukuphembelela," watsho. Ngokwahlukileyo, uWal-Mart wasebenzisa i-280,000 XNUMX yeedola.

Izithethi zeshishini lokuloba ngenqanawa zixelele ikomitana kaMnu Shays 'House ngo-Matshi 2006 ukuba ukusukela ngo-2003 ukuya ku-2005, abakhweli abali-178 kwizikhephe zaseMntla Melika baxelwa ngokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo, abantu abangama-24 baduka kwaye abanye abane baphangwa. Ukusukela ngoko, kuye kwakho malunga nezinye iingxelo ezimalunga nesithandathu zabakhweli abalahlekileyo kunye nangaphezulu kwe-100 yokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo. Nangona kunjalo, uMnu. Shays ubuze ukuchaneka kwala manani azichazayo, kwaye waquka kwityala lakhe langoku isibonelelo sokwenza ingxelo yokugunyaziswa kolwaphulo mthetho.

Kwindibano yenkomfa ngo-2007, ngexesha leenyanga ezintlanu ukuqala ngo-Epreli, ishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa laxela amatyala angama-207 akrokrelwayo, kubandakanya nokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo okungama-41, phantsi kwenkqubo entsha yokumisela ingxelo eyamkelweyo kule ntwasahlobo, utshilo isithethi se-FBI.

Umthetho osayilwayo omtsha uvuke ngokwesityholo sokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo komgibeli ngePrince Cruise ePanama Canal kwiveki ephelileyo.

Usapho lakwaSmith lubhenela kwidolophana kaMnu.Smith, uJennifer Hagel Smith, eRoyal Caribbean. Ukuhlala kukaNkskz Hagel Smith, noxhaswe nguJaji uDavid Hopper waseGreenwich, ngoku ubhekise kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseStamford kolunye ukhuphiswano lwezomthetho.

Ujaji Hopper ubambe ukuxoxwa kwetyala ngaphandle kweminyango evaliweyo, kodwa iposi langenisa isicelo se-FOI ngoJan. 29, icela ijaji ukuba iwukhuphe lo mbhalo. Usivumile isicelo, ngelixa kuhlolwa uphononongo lweentsuku ezingama-60 yi-FBI kunye neSebe lezoBulungisa, eliza kugqitywa ngoMatshi 31.

I-Cruise Lines International Association ikhuphe ingxelo ngoLwesine isithi ukhuseleko lwabakhweli yeyona nto iphambili kwaye iziganeko ezimbi zinqabile.

“Sizimisele ekusebenzisaneni nabaphuli mthetho ukusombulula le ngxaki ibalulekileyo,” satsho isitetimenti.

Nangona kunjalo, uMnu. Kerry uthe izikhokelo zolawulo kufuneka zicaciswe ukuze lonke ulwaphulo-mthetho, "ngaphandle kokuhamba ngenqanawa ngenqanawa kulawulo lwamazwe aphesheya," kufuneka kuxelwe, kuphandwe okanye kutshutshiswe.