Coronial inquest into asylum-seeker's death in PNG begins

SBS World News Radio: A coroner's inquest into the death of an Iranian asylum seeker has begun in Brisbane, more two years after he died from a treatable bacterial infection contracted on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.

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Published 28 November 2016 6:00pm

Updated 29 November 2016 4:06pm

By Peggy Giakoumelos, Stefan Armbruster

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Hamid Kehazaei died after after being evacuated to Port Moresby and then Brisbane.

The coroner will investigate the level of medical care given to Hamid Kehazaei under the Australian-run offshore processing system and how to prevent another death.

Peggy Giakoumelos is speaking to Stefan Armbruster who was at the coroner's court.

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