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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore Community affairs reporter

Filipino migrant worker’s death in NSW referred to federal police

Grapevines in Mudgee, NSW
NSW deputy state coroner has handed down findings into the death of 21-year-old Jerwin Royupa, a trainee at a winery. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian

A New South Wales coroner has referred the death of a Filipino migrant worker, who died after jumping from a moving vehicle in 2019, to the Australian federal police to consider further investigations.

NSW deputy state coroner Rebecca Hosking handed down the findings into the death of 21-year-old Jerwin Royupa on Friday. She concluded Royupa, a trainee at a winery, was “exploited” and exposed to “potentially criminal” conduct during his five weeks in Australia.

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