Xenophon sorry for Bali Nine comments
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Independent senator Nick Xenophon has apologised to the Australian Federal Police for saying it had blood on its hands over the executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.
Senator Xenophon said he made the comments, just hours after the two convicted drug smugglers were executed in Indonesia, before having heard explanations from AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin and his deputy, Mike Phelan, about the events that led to the arrest of the Bali Nine.
"Having heard those statements carefully, I now feel that my comment was inappropriate and reflected unfairly on the AFP and its officers. For that I'm sorry," Senator Xenophon said during a Senate hearing in Canberra on Thursday.
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