SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was unmoved by new reports on Friday of asylum-seeker abuse and claims a group was turned back to Indonesia in a lifeboat, saying his harsh policies were “working.”
He rebuffed suggestions the military should release official video of their “Operation Sovereign Borders” missions after an asylum-seeker told Fairfax Media three men on his boat allegedly had their hands held against hot engine pipes by navy personnel to punish them for protesting.
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