Fed: DFAT confirms Sukumaran was once an employee

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2005
Fed: DFAT confirms Sukumaran was once an employee

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says an alleged kingpin of the Bali Nine
once worked in its Sydney passports office but wasn't involved in the authorisation of
passports.

A DFAT spokesman says it employed Sydney martial arts expert 24-year-old Myuran Sukumaran
as a temporary employee in its Sydney passports office for five months in 2000.

The spokesman says he was employed in a junior support role and wasn't involved in
authorising passports.

And he says he passed the usual police checks.

Indonesian police say Sukumaran was the head of the group of nine Australians trying
to smuggle 8.65kg of heroin from Bali into Australia.

All nine face the death penalty.

Yesterday Indonesian authorities revealed several of the Bali nine had travelled to
to the country in the past, using multiple fake passports.

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