Overseas students deaths 'suppressed'

Overseas students deaths 'suppressed'

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/832176/overseas-students-deaths-suppressed

Details of overseas student deaths in Australia have been suppressed by Australian coroners, following evidence the death toll is higher than the federal government has disclosed in parliament.

The suppressed details have sparked claims the government is protecting a lucrative $15.5 billion market, Fairfax newspapers report.

State and territory coroners have refused an application by The Age newspaper for data on the deaths of overseas students in the year to November 2008.

A spokeswoman for Victorian Coroner Jennifer Coate said the information would not be made public because it was not exhaustive.

"The nationality and occupation of someone who has died is not required to be automatically recorded," she said.

In February the government said 51 foreign students had died in the period, with 34 from unknown causes.

But an Age investigation revealed the death toll reached 54, with most students coming from India, Korea and China.

The government figures showed no suicides, but the real figure is at least three, the newspaper reported.

An international education expert, Monash University business professor Chris Nyland, said protection of the nation's lucrative education export market was behind attempts to hide the plight of students and the corresponding death toll.

无论是51还是54，数字都高过我想象的。

除过3自杀的，还有很多其它不明原因的啊。

要死快了，原来那么多留学生在澳洲死亡，好怕怕哦！！感觉突然好差哦！！

那个死亡率怎么那么多....怪恐怖的....

这次的时间，验尸报告会公布吗？

最近人心惶惶