AUSTRALIAN authorities have discovered a dead man on board a suspected asylum seeker boat near Christmas Island.
HMAS Launceston intercepted the boat, with 62 people on board, northeast of the island on Thursday.
Just before boarding, officials received reports that thee was a person with a medical condition on the vessel, Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said in a statement.
"Upon boarding the vessel, the boarding party located a male passenger who appeared to be deceased and attempted to revive him without success," he said on Friday.
"The deceased passenger has been transferred to the custody of Australian Federal Police on Christmas Island."
Police on Christmas Island are investigating the cause of death.
The passengers run the risk of being transferred to offshore processing centres in Nauru or Papua New Guinea.
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