Wikileaks exposes Vic court’s gag order

Wikileaks exposes Vic court's gag order

Wikileaks has exposed a secretive suppression order issued by a Victorian court that relates to an international political corruption case.

The whistleblower website on Wednesday published the full text of the Victorian Supreme Court order made on June 19, with the information shared widely on social networking sites.

Australian media organisations cannot legally publish the contents of the order, which was made to prevent damage to the country's international relations.

Social media users may also land themselves in legal hot water if they share the suppression order and any information detailed in it.

Anyone who tweets a link to the report, posts it on Facebook, or shares it in anyway online could be in breach, legal experts warn.

Wikileaks claims the gag order effectively blacks out the largest high-level corruption case in Australia and the region.

The anti-secrecy group's founder, Julian Assange, called it the worst suppression order in "living memory".

"The Australian government is not just gagging the Australian press it is blindfolding the Australian public," he said in a statement.

"It is in the public interest for the press to be able to report on this case."

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Wikileaks exposes Vic court's gag order