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+ ^/ W' T, F) ^4 \9 K1 c L Independent senator Nick Xenophon has been caught in protests in Malaysia and says the Australian government has been mute on human rights issues in the south-east Asian country because it still wants to pursue a people-swap deal.
& q3 C5 Q( f8 ]" a公仔箱論壇 Tens of thousands of demonstrators swamped Kuala Lumpur yesterday to demand electoral reforms, ahead of national polls expected soon.
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Senator Xenophon, who is in the Malaysian capital on a fact-finding mission on election processes in Malaysia, had tear gas fired in his direction during a demonstration.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 s8 S7 p6 S! z4 H2 c
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He said police had fired tear gas and chemical-laced water at demonstrators.
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+ z2 D* Y) K# y. L3 [/ v公仔箱論壇Up until then, it had been a peaceful rally that had included chanting and a speech by Malaysia's opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim.
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) \. l1 _' m, }' U5.39.217.76Senator Xenophon said Australia must rethink its relationship with Malaysia.
) V% J* N' v- g4 G "I wonder whether the Australian government has been mute about human rights issues ... by virtue of our reliance on the refugee swap deal," he told ABC radio.
2 i( O" K4 C1 x# ~+ r% Y公仔箱論壇 "This is a country that the Australian government is happy to do refugee swaps with. It raises serious questions over how authoritarian it is."tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 W' K" z+ A4 r: l+ E! @
Last year the High Court scuttled plans by the federal government to swap 800 asylum seekers with 4000 processed refugees from Malaysia and cast doubt on the legality of offshore processing.5.39.217.767 Q0 B7 c) d" t2 H S; V1 i
The government has since failed to get the numbers in parliament to pass legislation allowing offshore processing.
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/ O! o, V. ?$ C8 e; q/ A' G公仔箱論壇Liberal frontbencher Christopher Pyne said: "The Malaysia solution is all but dead."5 S" Q9 q$ @/ s; A8 `1 X$ M
"It hasn't even be brought into the parliament for a vote," he told Sky News today.
( v) H$ {" l1 d4 `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb Mr Pyne said the plan was "as dead as a dodo".
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My Pyne said 300 boats had arrived since the former Howard government's Pacific Solution was abolished.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。8 r9 a% |, G1 V; s4 a
"This is one of those carbuncles for the government that won't go away until they swallow their pride and return to the previous government's policies," he said.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。/ L( m0 Y! k& u
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