Monday, December 31, 2007

SIEV X - Will it be just a memory ?

In October 2001, 353 asylum seekers drowned on the way to Australia. Questions remain on the involvement of the then Howard government which was determined to disrupt the flow of refugees into Australia. Why was the government so determined to prevent the disclosure of information regarding this "incident" ? What was the involvement of the Australian Federal Police ?

Even the construction of the memorial to the victims was discouraged. Today the "temporary" memorial still stands on the bank of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. It was a remarkable project created with the involvement of schools and other communities.




For a helicopter view of the site, click on the object below (sourced from Youtube). (Visit http://www.sievxmemorial.com/ )


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Anonymous said...

Dear Kan Kin Mun,
Thankyou for covering the memorial in your blog.
We are very hopeful that it will be granted permanency in the new year, and also that Labor will one day investigate the SIEVX tragedy with a Royal Commission or similar. Please encourage people to visit the site, at Weston Park in Canberra, its very beautiful and memorable, and helps spread awareness of the SIEVX story, so that it might never
happen again.
Warmly
The SIEVX Memorial Committee

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