Australia: Corruption watchdog critical of police raid on newspaper offices
Posted by Liam Berkowitz on July 2, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Western Australia's corruption watchdog has reproached the police for its decision to raid the Sunday Times' headquarters. The April 30 raid was conducted in response to an article by Paul Lampathakis that detailed Treasurer Eric Ripper's request for $16 million of campaign advertising funds.
Testifying before a parliamentary inquiry yesterday, Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) director Nick Anticich and investigations manager Trevor Wynn said the raid had been dubiously conducted, and questioned why it occurred at 2 p.m. on a weekday, a busy time for newspapers.
Wynn and Anticich also had reservations about the need to raid the newspaper.
"What inquiries did they actually conduct with the public officers who had access to the documents?" Mr. Wynn said.
Source: TheAustralianNews.com
Testifying before a parliamentary inquiry yesterday, Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) director Nick Anticich and investigations manager Trevor Wynn said the raid had been dubiously conducted, and questioned why it occurred at 2 p.m. on a weekday, a busy time for newspapers.
Wynn and Anticich also had reservations about the need to raid the newspaper.
"What inquiries did they actually conduct with the public officers who had access to the documents?" Mr. Wynn said.
Source: TheAustralianNews.com
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