1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Now as we know. I'm sure that you saw the 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: vision hundreds of Territorians gathered on the steps of Parliament 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: House yesterday to rally against the issues that we've seen 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: with crime. It follows on from absolutely devastating situations that 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 1: we've seen around the Northern Territory this year alone. We 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: know that we have had four people killed in the 7 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: last sixty days, one of those a domestic violence incident, 8 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,159 Speaker 1: allegedly one of those a person who was assaulted in 9 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: Rapid Creek. Then, of course we understand and know all 10 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: too well the devastation of the death of Declan Lavity. 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: We spoke to his mother Samara on the show yesterday, 12 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: and we also are incredibly saddened following on from the 13 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: terrible situation last week. With Seafat now joining me on 14 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: the line right now is Charles Darwin. University's Bangladeshi Student 15 00:00:54,920 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: Association General Secretary Zinat Khan. Now to you, Oh hang on, 16 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: let's try that again. Zinnai At Kahn, good morning to 17 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: you this morning, Good morning, how are you not too bad? 18 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your time this morning. Now 19 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: I understand that a tribute concert is happening in memory 20 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: of Sea fat and it's going to be held in 21 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: dawn this weekend. Tell me a little bit more about it. 22 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, So we are organizing a tribute concert. It's called 23 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 2: a tribute concert for Seafat. Basically, it's the continuation of 24 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 2: what we started after Seats, after Seapak was going to 25 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 2: the hospital. If you remember, if you could recall, we 26 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: started a demonstration at university and then a candle light 27 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 2: Regil and then we started a petition and then now 28 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: we're continuing our demonstration with the tribute concert. It is 29 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: basically a platform where we are using the fast name 30 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 2: as the symbol and SIFA represent every one of us. 31 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,519 Speaker 2: If it was a very close friend of mine, Me 32 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: and Sipas came to Darwin on the very same light 33 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: and the very same day, and we have been kept 34 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 2: in touch. But what happened to Sipa was very unfortunate 35 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 2: and it should not be happy. It should not been happened, 36 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 2: and we want to make sure and we want to 37 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: use this platform to raise awaress that this does not 38 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 2: happen to any of the students ever. 39 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: Again, Zinat, what has gone on is is absolutely terrible. 40 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: There is no you know, there is just no tolerance 41 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: for this kind of behavior there shouldn't be in the community. 42 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: You've just touched on the your relationship with Sifat and 43 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: and the fact that it came to Australia together. Did 44 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: your English taste together as well as I understand it? 45 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: Mm hmm. Were mean? Sifad met back in November last 46 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 2: year and then we kind of did the same process 47 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 2: of coming here with all together, kept keeping in touch 48 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: with each other. So yeah, it's been very hard on people, 49 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 2: on myself and also the other students who came altogether 50 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 2: at the same time. 51 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: Mike, can you tell me what he was like? 52 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 2: She first was our very jolly minded student. He was 53 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 2: always calling me like, how is it going, how, what's update? 54 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: What? 55 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 2: Even after we called visa, he was very excited to 56 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: come in here. He was like what should we pack? 57 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 2: How we saw wing? Uh? Do we want to get 58 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: a room together? So he was very excited about this 59 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 2: whole new journey, even though like we had we were 60 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 2: going through the same experience. But he had felt like 61 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 2: that he is going to start a new life here. 62 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 2: He was already about it. I'm really vested with the 63 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 2: fact that what happened to him, because he was the 64 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 2: one who was enjoying his life more more, more jollyly 65 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 2: and more fun way, but what happened to him is 66 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 2: absolutely devastated. 67 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: Can you tell me how are you and the other 68 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: Bangladeshi students feeling at this point in time in terms 69 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: of your safety. 70 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 2: To be very honest, we feel if we have been scared, 71 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 2: we have been like very much feeling unsafe at this steet. 72 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 2: I myself is like feeling very unsecure and insecure about 73 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 2: a few things, like I do night chies. But when 74 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 2: I came three or four the morning in my place, 75 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 2: I'm staying at any lots, and I see and I 76 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 2: feel there's this certain fear around even though I know 77 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 2: they are like police to five or ten meters away 78 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 2: patrolling in security gus, but there's this certain feeling of 79 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 2: a certain feeling back out of my hand that some 80 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 2: things might happen. But yeah, you know that we have 81 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 2: spoken to BEG ministers, We have spoken to Kate Warden, 82 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 2: we have spoken to police as a Simpolice directors and 83 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 2: they have also, like you know, made sure that there 84 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 2: are enough measurements are being taken to give this for 85 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 2: prosecuity to these students. But the effect of what happened 86 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 2: might just stay for a couple of weeks or maybe 87 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 2: a couple of months, until that we eventually capable forgetting 88 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 2: the change. 89 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's such a terrible, terrible situation and one which 90 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: is must be so difficult for you guys when you 91 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: are here and you're away from your family. 92 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not that this is a small news that 93 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 2: my family mortage. The news sped like a wildfire, so 94 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 2: in my back in my family when I didn't let 95 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 2: them know because I didn't want to let my parents 96 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 2: worry about myself, but directly let them know. But somehow 97 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 2: that reaches there, and I'm pretty sure every other students' 98 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 2: friends already know about the incident. So back at home, 99 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 2: they're worrying that the sender kids here, how they're going 100 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 2: to life. Even though I'm like doing my masters. There 101 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 2: are students who are doing bachelors, were very young at age, 102 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 2: were very mature about things, excited about life, so their 103 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 2: parents worrying is such a different level that there are 104 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,119 Speaker 2: some just their young kids to be back out here 105 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 2: all alone to Yeah, it's been tough on our parents 106 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 2: as well. 107 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: Sea. You said that you caught up with the chief Minister, 108 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: also Minister Kate Warden and others. After meeting with them, 109 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: does that give you sort of any more of a 110 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: sense that you are going to feel safer or that 111 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: you know that something is going to be done to 112 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,839 Speaker 1: ensure that our international students are safe. 113 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 2: We have submitted our petition to the Chief Minister's office. 114 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 2: We have also in communicating with them regularly. I just 115 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 2: had a conversation with a Cake Burden that she's dropping 116 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 2: by tomorrow at our concert, and like there are a 117 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 2: few other ministers who is also dropping by. So I 118 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 2: want to believe that these are the positive steps that 119 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 2: Ministress and other personals are actually concerned about us. They 120 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 2: are actually trying to communicate with us. They're also trying 121 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 2: to help us. They want to listen to us. So 122 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 2: we are using this concert as a platform to raise 123 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 2: awareness that the seven point petition we started. We want 124 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 2: to again ask the ministers and our community members so 125 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 2: that our voices are hard and the voices what we 126 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 2: started after the US was wind Park does not fade away. 127 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: I think it's a really good thing to do. And 128 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: now tell me where can people can people actually you 129 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: know they can obviously come along, what time is it happening? 130 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: How can I get involved in that if I want to? 131 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, So I'm just going to give you a little 132 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 2: background about what we are actually planning. So there's this 133 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 2: good concert to it, and also there's a ticket if 134 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 2: you want buy. So my majority of the ticket process 135 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: will we will create as the First Memorial Fund, which 136 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 2: will be an emergency fund to facilitated students who are 137 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 2: going to come in regardless of their effidency agenders or 138 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 2: the country they're coming from. It will be emergency fan 139 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 2: to facilate with those students in case of emergencies that 140 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 2: if they can't find, say for accommodations, or they need 141 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 2: to transportations, or they need any kind of help smooth 142 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 2: in their journey of twin our the First Memorial Fund 143 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 2: will will facilitate those students. So if you want to 144 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 2: join in, there's a you can go and check out 145 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 2: our page. Well, this is Student Association Starts University where 146 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 2: we are at. There is an event details on it 147 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 2: and there's event right event right ticket link. You can 148 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 2: go in the you can buy the tickets and join 149 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 2: in on the concert. 150 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: Now, can people leave their messages and tributes at that 151 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: event for say, fat as well. 152 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 2: Yes, we have a proper We achieved four different segments 153 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 2: on things, and one segment is completely dedicated to the 154 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 2: path where we will open up a path corner. It 155 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 2: is basically a corner where we will try to showcuate 156 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 2: to such memories and there will be a board and 157 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 2: you can write a message to Sifath or to such 158 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 2: family and we will try to preserve all those messages 159 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 2: and try to send them back at home or his 160 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 2: family is in despair right now. 161 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was just going to ask how is his 162 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: family going at the moment, so as. 163 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 2: You was just yesterday was were altant back at home? 164 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 2: And who thing that side is arriving at Baladas today? 165 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 2: So yeah, it's a few very hard moments for his family. 166 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,319 Speaker 2: Because he was the only child. I obviously know that, 167 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 2: and it is obviously going to be a very tough 168 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 2: time for his parents. 169 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: It's going to be such a tough time for his parents, 170 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: his family, and for people, you know, for you, for 171 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 1: all of his friends, and for the international student community, 172 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: the Bangladeshi Student Association. I would imagine it's going to 173 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: be a really, really tough time for all of you. 174 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: I think it's a really good thing that you have 175 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: organized the event though to take place on the weekend. 176 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 1: Zin I at Cahn, we really appreciate your time this morning. 177 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: Thank you very much for having a chat with me today. 178 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 2: Thank you very much, it was really less talking to 179 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 2: you and people. What what are we doing? 180 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, keep in contact, Please let us know how the 181 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: event goes. And I'm so sorry for your loss. 182 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for your kind words. I hope 183 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 2: that our isn't its successful and we can raise eye 184 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 2: awareness and it does not happen to any one of us. 185 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your time this morning.