Almost 21 years to the day since a vessel sank between Indonesia and Australia leading to a "significant number" of deaths, a man has denied involvement in the peopl.
A man who was trying to flee to "safe" Australia with about 500 people escaped on a fishing boat before the first vessel sank, almost 21 years ago to the day, a cour.
A survivor on board one of Australia’s worst asylum seeker voyages, in which a vessel sunk en route to Christmas Island, leaving people dead, has given his account of the incident.