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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Asylum seeker assured of five star boat - The Untold Story

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Adam Namu paid fishermen on another boat to take him back to Indonesia before the SIEV-X sank. (Russell Freeman/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

An asylum seeker who escaped before the fatal sinking of a boat says people smugglers earlier told his family to wear smart clothes for travel on a "five-star" vessel.

But it was all a lie, Iraqi-born Adam Namu told a Brisbane court on Monday.

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