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- G7 q4 @0 d7 q$ L' Z2 J# `3 ^5 Z ' V: L/ k0 b4 n6 ]! Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 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. 4 }" G3 S6 M7 p1 a6 W( g公仔箱論壇 Tens of thousands of demonstrators swamped Kuala Lumpur yesterday to demand electoral reforms, ahead of national polls expected soon.公仔箱論壇" y5 w4 b) H% f6 e9 ]
j' R& q% x! }! I. s7 V, ]7 } 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.公仔箱論壇8 B4 Z2 s' o5 T, w+ V: o( c
! Y* d+ L0 C3 b% x3 J5 h He said police had fired tear gas and chemical-laced water at demonstrators.www.tvboxnow.com4 [5 P! j/ v0 L; P$ c, g
" f* }: h3 | H: T1 P8 J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. $ D; \8 _, }$ m) t/ H+ E: |www.tvboxnow.com 7 q0 x& M7 h4 n8 M公仔箱論壇Senator Xenophon said Australia must rethink its relationship with Malaysia.% v9 s. u/ c4 S3 y6 c% J
"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.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。' C5 c, J1 |1 m6 e- C% [$ u; B0 M
"This is a country that the Australian government is happy to do refugee swaps with. It raises serious questions over how authoritarian it is."公仔箱論壇/ s, m, Q8 m( d
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.7 X1 Y9 X' }4 ~0 ^% T7 n
The government has since failed to get the numbers in parliament to pass legislation allowing offshore processing.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; [) J+ w0 e: D5 L& e3 G0 N& }$ P
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Liberal frontbencher Christopher Pyne said: "The Malaysia solution is all but dead."8 h5 h' F/ O% P( g; a3 y4 W" X
"It hasn't even be brought into the parliament for a vote," he told Sky News today. ( l/ d) f& \- o a8 vTVBNOW 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。 Mr Pyne said the plan was "as dead as a dodo". - ^5 K$ p& g# u& eTVBNOW 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。 "If the government has a better policy they should come out with one," he said.2 q3 W2 z! }9 j2 C7 S$ l2 @
My Pyne said 300 boats had arrived since the former Howard government's Pacific Solution was abolished.! O/ Z: B2 B1 R( V! d/ V
"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.% k6 g' o$ z* |; T3 @- u0 b- x! ^7 W
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新闻摘自 http://m.smh.com.au/national/xen ... 0429-1xsjb.html#top
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