Australia's Antics
Amid the strained relationship between Indonesia and Australia, claims of the latter paying six people-smugglers to turn back a boat with 65 asylum seekers surfaced last week. One asylum-seeker from Myanmar, Abdul Malik Muna, said he witnessed Australian officials paying crew members to turn back. "There were US dollars given to the captain so he would send us back to Indonesia," Muna told Tempo last Wednesday in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
June 23, 2015
Amid the strained relationship between Indonesia and Australia, claims of the latter paying six people-smugglers to turn back a boat with 65 asylum seekers surfaced last week. One asylum-seeker from Myanmar, Abdul Malik Muna, said he witnessed Australian officials paying crew members to turn back. "There were US dollars given to the captain so he would send us back to Indonesia," Muna told Tempo last Wednesday in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
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