Brisbane Times | Torres Strait asylum bid by West Papuan activists a test for Abbott government The Australian UP TO seven West Papuan independence activists are believed to have fled across the Torres Strait to northern Queensland in search of asylum after supporting Australian "Freedom Flotilla" members who sailed close to Indonesian waters earlier this month. West Papua asylum seekers taken to PNG judge sentences would-be mercenary bound for West Papua Fears West Papuans could be handed to Indon |