DFAT demands fee for murder files The Australian
THE Dependent of Foreign Affairs and Trade wants $2946 for the release of information on the fate of two Australian yachtsmen arrested more than 30 years ago by Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge and then jailed, tortured and executed on suspicion they were CIA spies.
Trudy Wiedeman, from Sydney, a people friend of one the yachtsmen, Ronald Dean, says DFAT has been stalling for months on the release of files that might decisively shed light on the fate of the two men and bring a measure of comfort to family and friends.
The communication is not for personal gain but simply to help bring closure to an unresolved 1978 blow, Ms Wiedeman told The Australian yesterday.
A UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh has provided some new tidings on the fate of the men after their yacht, Sanuk, was seized by a Khmer Rouge gunboat in the Gulf of Siam in betimes 1978.
But Ms Wiedeman says she believes DFAT's files of the incident could provide more complete answers.
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