Siev X: man denies involvement in 2001 people-smuggling operation that ended in significant deaths

Maythem Kamil Radhi pleads not guilty facilitating the proposed entry of non-citizens into Australia

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More than 20 years after the asylum seeker boat known as the Siev X sank, causing a significant number" of deaths, a man has denied involvement in an alleged people-smuggling operation in an Australian court.

Appearing in the Brisbane supreme court on Monday, Maythem Kamil Radhi pleaded not guilty to facilitating the proposed entry of at least five non-citizens into Australia between 1 July and 19 October 2001.