News in the bazaarIn this case, the friend’s second wife found out about the affair and told her husband, who vowed to kill Abdul’s father. Fleeing assassins, Abdul’s family relocated to Pakistan, according to his father, and began working out how to make themselves safe. But Abdul, whose identity is protected by law, is illiterate and needs an interpreter to communicate in English, used a people smuggler to travel from Indonesia to Australia, according to the tribunal. In 2024 he disclosed that his father was alive in Australia, although without the multiple wives. Abdul’s lawyer said her client had paid taxes in Australia and had no criminal record.