[imagecaption] Page 1 of the Inquest finding into the deaths of persons who were on board a vessel known as The Janga (SIEV 221) which sank off the coast of Christmas Island on 15 December 2010. These are the names of 30 people whose bodies were located and identified. [/imagecaption]
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In February 2012, Coroner Alastair Hope handed down his findings from an inquest on the the deaths of 30 people whose bodies were recovered and identified and another 20 people whose bodies were never found. The findings were predictable and did not address the key questions raised by Kevin and others regarding official responsibility for the safety of asylum seeker lives at sea.
The testimony of those held in detention who testified that they had notified guards well in advance of the expected arrival of the boat was dismissed as unreliable. However, Hope did affirm that:
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