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.