Commonwealth agrees to settle with more than 120 Indonesians wrongly detained as adult people smugglers, some when they were as young as 12

  • DogMuffins
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    1 year ago

    Goodness me.

    Those 12 year old kids were not running a people smuggling operation.

    This is true of course, but they were caught in the act of people smuggling, so they need to be processed according to the law. The people of Australia elect representatives which create Legislation. The police do not and should not have the authority or discretion to choose which laws they apply.