15 Nov 2022

Interpreter charged over false asylum claims

From Morning Report, 8:45 am on 15 November 2022

A court has been told an interpreter was given hundreds of dollars by Indonesian migrants for writing false asylum claims for them.

Nurul Noor Azman has pleaded not guilty to five charges of supplying false or misleading information to a refugee status officer.

Gill Bonnett has been at Auckland district court for the start of the trial.