'Cover-up' of violent PNG police-army clash on Manus
Jan 5 2014
An email from the director of operations of G4S Immigration Services questioned why the reference to firearms had been removed and whether it was ''intentionally omitted'' from a report.
The G4S response was that ''firearms were not used to defuse the situation'' and that was regarded as confirmation that firearms had not been drawn, the Immigration spokesman said.
The use of guns was mentioned in an Amnesty International report on Manus Island released last month in which asylum seekers were quoted as saying they heard two shots fired.
''This goes beyond the culture of secrecy, it would appear that it is in the realms of a cover-up,'' opposition immigration spokesman Richard Marles said. ''This is not about preventing the release of information for operational reasons, it is about preventing the release of information because it does not suit the government. What is absolutely clear is that the Australians felt their security was compromised and that makes it a matter of public interest to Australians.''
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said Mr Morrison's claims that this was a matter for the PNG government were not sufficient. ''This is an Australian taxpayer-funded detention centre and the public have the right to know what is going on,'' she said.
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