Coroner Barnes found that Sgt Flegg, when told that the Malu Sara was sinking, did not relay this information to Australian Search and Rescue or the Voluntary Marine Rescue at the time and later had “trivialised the predicament which had been reported to him.”
He also found that Sgt Flegg should not have conducted the police investigation shortly after the vessel disappeared as he had a ‘potential conflict of interest’ in the outcome and that this task should have been performed by an independent officer.
The Coroner recommended disciplinary action be taken against Sgt Flegg and Garry Chaston, the manager of the Immigration Department’s Thursday Island office.
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“The fact that Flegg is still working and was allowed to return to Thursday Island to work after the findings were handed down has been a big kick in the guts for the family.
“Why was he allowed to return to T.I.? Why wasn’t he stood down?” said Ms Shibasaki. “Can we conclude that, if you’re a police officer, it’s okay to be responsible for the loss of five lives, but it’s not okay to drink drive?
“We thought the Coroner’s findings would bring some justice and peace to the family, but there is injustice and many questions remaining,” she said.
Ms Shibasaki’s questions come after a Cairns police officer was stood down after being charged with drink-driving twice in one night, while Sergeant Flegg, a senior water police officer on TI, criticised by Coroner Michael Barnes for his handling of the Malu Sara search and rescue, has been transferred to Cairns.

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On the Tv report he was portrayed as not being too worried when informed the vessel was sinking,she'll be right sort of attitude. Awful. Awful.

Kept his job of curse, works for the government.

I talked to a chap who saw the skipper the day he took that vessel out & from reading between the lines we still haven't been told the facts.

Unofficial passengers is really not the point due to lack of services and being accepted as a norm.
TM,
I don't understand what you mean by lack of services.