Two Indonesian nationals accused of taking part in an ill-fated people smuggling voyage to Christmas Island which claimed more than 100 lives have pleaded not guilty.
Asylum seekers on top of the upturned vessel in June 2012. Source: Supplied
AN Indonesian fishing boat packed with more than 200 asylum seekers sunk because there were too many people on board, a Perth court has been told.
Navy officers who helped in the rescue of about 100 survivors of a fatal June 2012 voyage have given evidence in the trial of two Indonesian nationals accused of being crewmen in the people smuggling mission.
Boy Djara and Justhen Justhen went on trial yesterday fighting six charged each of trying to assist illegal non-citizens into Australia.
This afternoon, Lieutenant Clinton Walters, who was on HMAS Larrakia when the ship was involved in the June 21 rescue, told the court he watched on as one of the accused men was plucked from the sea in darkness after the initial recovery of survivors.
Lt Walters said he spoke to the rescued man for about half an hour the next morning in Indonesian.
He said during the conversation he asked the man why the boat sank and "too many people" was the response.
Lt Walters said he also asked if there were people underneath the sinking hull and was told there was "many".
He also told the jury he asked the man if he was the captain, and when the man said he was not, he asked where the captain was, where the boat left from and where did the passengers get on board.
Earlier this morning, the jury was shown video filmed from the HMAS Larrakia of the rescue of men clinging to the hull of the upturned boat.
The court was told on the day of the rescue, seas were reaching 2.5m and many of the survivors were struggling to stay on the hull or were dotted throughout the ocean in small groups.
The trial continues.
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