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April 29, 2012 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' z, r0 q" c2 c, N6 w
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3 e0 w' W0 U* etvb 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% o: d( e* b/ u
Tens of thousands of demonstrators swamped Kuala Lumpur yesterday to demand electoral reforms, ahead of national polls expected soon.
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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.
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/ ~) E g+ N9 X/ D公仔箱論壇He said police had fired tear gas and chemical-laced water at demonstrators.公仔箱論壇" L$ G: W8 C: X# O8 l7 s& b
8 I3 Y9 W i; |- A% i7 `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbUp until then, it had been a peaceful rally that had included chanting and a speech by Malaysia's opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 w7 F1 g" V. P
1 X* `: \4 u5 x$ Z: @7 ^os.tvboxnow.comSenator Xenophon said Australia must rethink its relationship with Malaysia.
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"This is a country that the Australian government is happy to do refugee swaps with. It raises serious questions over how authoritarian it is."9 {6 k" l: r( |( l
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.
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+ r2 r9 k5 S- m. e公仔箱論壇Liberal frontbencher Christopher Pyne said: "The Malaysia solution is all but dead."os.tvboxnow.com* t& a! I u7 e! K
"It hasn't even be brought into the parliament for a vote," he told Sky News today.
; l% z% V S3 t0 [2 Y# Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb Mr Pyne said the plan was "as dead as a dodo".公仔箱論壇, o/ t! {3 b7 M
"If the government has a better policy they should come out with one," he said.
2 e" x: x! A+ ]* h' c6 P) ros.tvboxnow.com My Pyne said 300 boats had arrived since the former Howard government's Pacific Solution was abolished.
K: w; K4 {7 j9 C; o "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.
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