SYDNEY: Australian authorities work within the law to stop asylum-seeker boats, Prime Minister Tony Abbott insisted Tuesday after reports officials have made cash payments to members of people-smuggling rings for years.
The government has refused to deny reports that six Indonesian crew members were paid $US5,000 each to return an asylum-seeker vessel to Indonesia in late May, saying no comment will be made on operational issues.
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