Critics condemn extra police powers to scan for knives

Ua fa'aalia e le malo setete i New South Wales le tu'uina o le aia fa'aopoopo i leoleo (special powers) e su'eina ai le tino o le se tagata pe a masalomia lona tau'aveina o se naifi i nofoaga faitele.

Members of the public visit the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre for the first time following a tragic knife attack in Sydney, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Five women and one man were killed while 12 others were seriously wounded before a man was shot dead by police during a terrifying rampage at Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING Credit: BIANCA DE MARCHI/AAPIMAGE

Ua faia lenei fuafuaga a le malo setete talu ona tutupu mai osofa'iga i Sini lea na maliliu ai ma manunu'a tagata ina ua osofa'ia e nisi e fa'aaogaina ai ni aga'ese.

O loo faitioina e nisi o faalapotopotoga a loia ma i latou o loo tuleia le mau mo puipuiga o aia tatau ma sa'olotoga o tagata lenei fuafuaga. Na saunoa se tasi o loia i le Redfern Legal Centre, o le pule fa'aopoopo lenei i leoleo o le a sili fo'i ona to'atele atu tupulaga o tagata muamua ma i latou e maualalo le tulaga o le tamao'aiga o le a a'afia ai.