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Is this 2019 article accurate?: Australian crocodiles blamed for spate of deaths in Timor-Leste. Excerpts:

...in the last few decades, the nation has seen a more than 20-fold increase in the number of crocodile attacks....Two Australian-based researchers...made the journey to Timor-Leste to see if this theory might be true, collecting DNA samples....

The existence of Australian crocodiles in Timor-Leste would also confirm that Australian efforts to conserve the animal, which was on the brink of extinction 50 years ago, are having an impact on the regional population. Since it was listed as protected in 1971, the Australian saltwater crocodile population has recovered to healthy levels...

Any more recent data on topic? Is suppressing croc populations via culling justified in some cases? CrocBITE estimates 1,000 people a year killed by crocs.

Thanks for iucncsg link! ETA: For interested readers, update on Timor situation is available in the IUCN's Crocodile Specialist Group page. Click on "Winter CrocFest 2020" -- right side of page, under CrocFest Reports.