"Azita Bokan witnessed violent assaults on Manus Island" Really DY, so why did she say this in an interview:
Ms Bokan says she did not witness the violence, but was in the area where the injured were taken, and was told injuries were caused by machetes, knives, rocks and table legs. '
So she did not witness the "riot" and was told how the injuries were caused!!, then later she declares: detainees threw fruit and plastic chairs and the G4S guards retaliated with rocks and steel table legs." and " locals entered the centre after detainees had pushed down a fence within the centre." All this she did not see?
Bolkan was on Manus for only a week, and has been suspended (fired?) for acting outside of her role as just an interpreter and also this: "Ms Bokan said she was not allowed to speak to the media under the terms of her contract , but could not remain silent."
So losing her job for breaking her contract would be standard, and her utterances about what she has not witnessed could well be suspect, as possibly her motives.
For you B1G this interesting past media article"
Jul 2013
KEVIN Rudd has vowed to send all new asylum-seekers to Papua New Guinea The Prime Minister said he would impose the changes as soon as possible as he signed the agreement with the promise that there be no cap on the number of asylum-seekers being sent to PNG's Manus Island detention centre.
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