Meanwhile senior U.N. officials in Indonesia Wednesday called

Meanwhile senior U.N. officials in Indonesia Wednesday called
on the government to investigate allegations that police forced
asylum seekers onto toe boat, AP reported.

Some of the survivors have accused Indonesian police of
threatening to kill them if they did not board the boat.

However, national deputy police spokesman Lt. Col. Prasetyo
denied the allegations. "The accusations are not true," he said.
"It is our duty to protect the refugees."

Other asylum seekers told The Associated Press earlier they
were not coerced onto the boat.