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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

Watchdog won’t investigate AFP reliance on flawed technique to prosecute Indonesian boys

Child immigrant in the justice system illustration
Australia’s law enforcement watchdog will not investigate police use of false dates of birth to prosecute Indonesian children as adult people smugglers. Illustration: Ben Sanders/The Guardian

Australia’s law enforcement integrity watchdog refused to investigate Australian federal police who relied on a deeply flawed technique to use false dates of birth on sworn legal documents to prosecute Indonesian children as adult people smugglers.

Earlier this year, the Guardian used a trove of internal documents to show how police relied on deeply flawed evidence to alter the dates of birth given to them by Indonesian children found crewing asylum boats in 2009 and 2010.

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