Justice Minister David Adeang pointed to recent claims by the ‘Refugee Action Coalition’ of an ‘assault’ on two male refugees which he said was used to criticise Nauru’s new open centre arrangements before the program had even started, and called on the media to show a greater level of scrutiny to the group’s unfounded claims.
Mr Adeang said this group has a history of making unsubstantiated allegations of assault that have regularly been found to be false, and that others including lawyers, willingly spread these false claims.
