An Australian accused of involvement in people smuggling is due to be sentenced in Indonesia today.

Ali Qaseem, also known as Abdullah, is to face court in Pandeglang District Court in West Java to hear his fate.

Qaseem arrived in Australia by boat in 1999 as a refugee from Afghanistan, and is now an Australian citizen.

He and another man, Saadat Ali, are facing charges of people smuggling.

They were arrested while allegedly transporting asylum seekers to the Java coast.

Qaseem has denied the charges, saying he came to Indonesia to search for relatives who disappeared after trying to take a boat to Australia.

Prosecutors do not believe the 57-year-old Sydney construction worker, saying he had the resources to organise people smuggling operations.

They have called for him to be jailed for 11 years and pay a $50,000 fine.