A parliamentary inquiry has called for stronger oversight of the Australian Federal Police board that handles international information sharing on sensitive cases, particularly those involving the death penalty. The inquiry, prompted by the recent return of the Bali Five, recommended an annual independent review of the AFP's sensitive investigations oversight board and expansion of its membership to include external experts.
The Australian Federal Police board that handles international information sharing on sensitive cases should be subject to stronger oversight to make sure Australians aren’t sent to their death overseas, a parliamentary inquiry has warned, just days after the Bali Five’s return.
The Labor-led inquiry on Tuesday said the AFP’s sensitive investigations oversight board, which deals with death penalty cases, should be independently reviewed each year, and its ranks should be expanded to include external experts. It also pushed for a probe into the AFP’s guidelines on international police-to-police assistance in potential death penalty situations.The inquiry’s call for greater scrutiny over how the AFP deals with delicate international investigations and police requests for help – particularly for drug crimes – comes just as the Bali Five arrived in Darwin on Sunday for the first time since their 2005 arrest for trying to smuggle more than eight kilograms of heroin out of Indonesia. The so-called ringleaders of the Bali Nine, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, were executed in 2015, and the AFP has faced intense scrutiny over its role in delivering the men to Indonesian authorities. The barrister who tipped off police on behalf of Rush’s parents, to try and stop him from committing a crime, Asked about the Bali Nine case on Tuesday, an AFP spokesperson said it had “enhanced a number of governance processes and procedures since 2005”, including by elevating death penalty matters to the sensitive investigations oversight board, which is chaired by the deputy commissioner of national security. They said every foreign police agency’s request for information was assessed individually, “with extra scrutiny considered when countries have the death penalty as a judicial punishment”. “The AFP must work closely with law enforcement partners throughout the world to help protect Australians and Australia’s interests”,
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