(on 2014-07-29)

Today, 29 July 2014, WikiLeaks releases an unprecedented Australian censorship order concerning a multi-million dollar corruption case explicitly naming the current and past heads of state of Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam, their relatives and other senior officials. The super-injunction invokes national security grounds to prevent reporting about the case, by anyone, in order to prevent damage to Australia's international relations. The court-issued gag order follows the secret 19 June 2014 indictment of seven senior executives from subsidiaries of Australia's central bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The case concerns allegations of multi-million dollar inducements made by agents of the RBA subsidiaries Securency and Note Printing Australia in order to secure contracts for the supply of Australian-style polymer bank notes to the governments of Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and other countries.

The suppression order lists 17 individuals, including "any current or former Prime Minister of Malaysia", Truong Tan San, currently President of Vietnam", "Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (also known as SBY), currently President of Indonesia (since 2004)", "Megawati Sukarnoputri (also known as Mega), a former President of Indonesia (20012004) and current leader of the PDI-P political party" and 14 other senior officials and relatives from those countries, who specifically may not be named in connection with the corruption investigation.

The document also specifically bans the publication of the order itself as well as an affidavit affirmed last month by Australia's representative to ASEAN Gillian Bird, who has just been appointed as Australia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. The gag order effectively blacks out the largest high-level corruption case in Australia and the region.

The last known blanket suppression order of this nature was granted in 1995 and concerned the joint US-Australian intelligence spying operation against the Chinese Embassy in Canberra.

WikiLeaks' publisher Julian Assange said about the order:

Keywords: Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Supreme Court of Victoria, Justice Hollingworth, DFAT, AFP, DPP, Thomas Brady, Peter Sinclair Hutchinson, John Leckenby, Steven Kim Wong, Christian Boillot, Clifford John Gerathy, Myles Andrew Curtis, Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Pak Lah, Puan Noni, Mahathir Mohamed, Daim Zainuddin, Rafidah Aziz, Hamid Albar, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, SBY, Megawati Sukarnoputri, Laksamana Sukardi, Truong Tan San, Nguyen Tan Dung, Le Duc Thuy, Nong Duc Manh, Note Printing Australia Pty Ltd, Securency, Gillian Elizabeth Bird, Reserve Bank of Australia, super-injunction, suppression order, censorship, corruption, bribery

Read the Australia-wide censorship order for corruption case involving Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam.

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LONDON: WikiLeaks has accused Australia of the worst suppression order in "living memory" which bans Australian media from reporting on a multinational corruption case for reasons of national security.

Whistleblower Julian Assange on Wednesday published the details of the "unprecedented gag order" issued by the Australian government.

The super injunction passed by the Supreme Court of the state of Victoria prohibits media organizations from publishing material on a multi-million-dollar graft case involving high-ranking officials from Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). WikiLeaks has said the gag order "effectively blacks out the largest high-level corruption case in Australia".

WikiLeaks released the "unprecedented Australian censorship order" with the super-injunction invoking "national security" grounds to prevent reporting about the case, by anyone, in order to "prevent damage to Australia's international relations".

The court-issued gag order follows the secret June 19, 2014 indictment of seven senior executives from subsidiaries of Australia's central bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The case concerns allegations of multi-million dollar inducements made by agents of the RBA subsidiaries Securency and Note Printing Australia in order to secure contracts for the supply of Australian-style polymer bank notes to the governments of Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and other countries.

The suppression order lists 17 individuals, including "any current or former Prime Minister of Malaysia", "Truong Tan San, currently President of Vietnam", "Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, currently President of Indonesia since 2004", "Megawati Sukarnoputri, a former President of Indonesia (2001-2004) and current leader of the PDI-P political party" and 14 other senior officials and relatives from those countries, who specifically may not be named in connection with the corruption investigation.

The document also specifically bans the publication of the order itself as well as an affidavit affirmed last month by Australia's representative to Asean Gillian Bird, who has just been appointed as Australia's permanent representative to the United Nations.

WikiLeaks says "The gag order effectively blacks out the largest high-level corruption case in Australia and the region. The last known blanket suppression order of this nature was granted in 1995 and concerned the joint US-Australian intelligence spying operation against the Chinese Embassy in Canberra."

Assange said "With this order, the worst in living memory, the Australian government is not just gagging the Australian press, it is blindfolding the Australian public. This is not simply a question of the Australian government failing to give this international corruption case the public scrutiny it is due. foreign minister Julie Bishop must explain why she is threatening every Australian with imprisonment in an attempt to cover up an embarrassing corruption scandal involving the Australian government."

He added "The concept of national security is not meant to serve as a blanket phrase to cover up serious corruption allegations involving government officials, in Australia or elsewhere. It is in the public interest for the press to be able to report on this case, which concerns the subsidiaries of the Australian central bank. Who is brokering our deals, and how are we brokering them as a nation? Corruption investigations and secret gag orders for 'national security' reasons are strange bedfellows. It is ironic that it took Tony Abbott to bring the worst of Asian Values to Australia."

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WikiLeaks accuses Australia of worst suppression in 'living memory'

The ban applies to a massive corruption case involving officials in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam

FIGHTING THE BAN. WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange calls the Australian gag order 'the worst in living memory.' File photo

JAKARTA, Indonesia True to form, WikiLeaks has released an "unprecedented Australian censorship order" regarding a massive corruption case involving officials in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

Wikileaks said the court order was issued on July 19, 2014 by the Australian Supreme Court in Melbourne, Victoria, following the indictment of 7 senior executives from subsidiaries of Australia's central bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).

The case concerns allegations of multi-million dollar briberies made by agents of RBA subsidiaries Securency and Note Printing Australia in the early 2000s to secure contracts for the supply of Australian-style polymer bank notes to the governments of Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and other countries.

The gag order was issued to "prevent damage to Australia's international relations that may be caused by the publication of material that may damage the reputations of specified individuals who are not the subject of charges in these proceedings."

These specified individuals include current or former heads of state and financial officials of Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. Specifically named in the court order Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The wide-ranging ban also specifically bans the publication including sharing on social media of the order itself. The Age wrote that "anyone who tweets a link to the Wikileaks report, posts it on Facebook, or shares it in any way online could also face charges."

"With this order, the worst in living memory, the Australian government is not just gagging the Australian press, it is blindfolding the Australian public," WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in its press release.

"The concept of 'national security' is not meant to serve as a blanket phrase to cover up serious corruption allegations involving government officials, in Australia or elsewhere. It is in the public interest for the press to be able to report on this case, which concerns the subsidiaries of the Australian central bank."

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WikiLeaks releases Australian gag order on corruption case

Julian Assange: 'The Australian government is not just gagging the press, it is blindfolding the public.' Photo: AFP

EXCLUSIVE

WikiLeaks has struck again, releasing the text of a secret court order that cannot be published in Australia.

The anti-secrecy group has this morning published a Victorian Supreme Court suppression order that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange describes asunprecedented in scope.

The suppression order is itself suppressed. No Australian media organisation can legally publish the document or its contents.

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In a statement provided to Fairfax Media, Assange said it was completely egregious to block the public's right to know and suppress the media in any instance, and especially in cases of international corruption involving politicians and subsidiaries of a public organisation.

Despite the legal implications WikiLeaks publishes this suppression order, as it will others, to uphold our values of freedom of information and transparency of government - the Australian people have a right to know, we work to ensure this right for them, even when their government tries to obstruct it."

WikiLeaks suggests there has not been a comparable blanket suppression order since 1995 when the Australian government sought to suppress publication by Fairfax Media of details of a joint US-Australian espionage operation to bug a new Chinese embassy in Canberra.

Assange argues that the suppression order, together with the Australian government's recent introduction of legislation to criminalise reporting on certain types of intelligence operations, is part of an increasing trend in Australia of suppressing press freedoms for the sake of politics".

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WikiLeaks breaks court gag

Julian Assange: 'The Australian government is not just gagging the press, it is blindfolding the public.' Photo: AFP

EXCLUSIVE

WikiLeaks has struck again, releasing the text of a secret court order that cannot be published in Australia.

The anti-secrecy group has this morning published a Victorian Supreme Court suppression order that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange describes asunprecedented in scope.

The suppression order is itself suppressed. No Australian media organisation can legally publish the document or its contents.

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In a statement provided to Fairfax Media, Assange said it was completely egregious to block the public's right to know and suppress the media in any instance, and especially in cases of international corruption involving politicians and subsidiaries of a public organisation.

Despite the legal implications WikiLeaks publishes this suppression order, as it will others, to uphold our values of freedom of information and transparency of government - the Australian people have a right to know, we work to ensure this right for them, even when their government tries to obstruct it."

WikiLeaks suggests there has not been a comparable blanket suppression order since 1995 when the Australian government sought to suppress publication by Fairfax Media of details of a joint US-Australian espionage operation to bug a new Chinese embassy in Canberra.

Assange argues that the suppression order, together with the Australian government's recent introduction of legislation to criminalise reporting on certain types of intelligence operations, is part of an increasing trend in Australia of suppressing press freedoms for the sake of politics".

Continued here:
WikiLeaks publishes 'unprecedented' secret Australian court suppression order

Julian Assange: 'The Australian government is not just gagging the press, it is blindfolding the public.' Photo: AFP

EXCLUSIVE

WikiLeaks has struck again, releasing the text of a secret court order that cannot be published in Australia.

The anti-secrecy group has this morning published a Victorian Supreme Court suppression order that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange describes asunprecedented in scope.

The suppression order is itself suppressed. No Australian media organisation can legally publish the document or its contents.

Advertisement

In a statement provided to Fairfax Media, Assange said it was completely egregious to block the public's right to know and suppress the media in any instance, and especially in cases of international corruption involving politicians and subsidiaries of a public organisation.

Despite the legal implications WikiLeaks publishes this suppression order, as it will others, to uphold our values of freedom of information and transparency of government - the Australian people have a right to know, we work to ensure this right for them, even when their government tries to obstruct it."

WikiLeaks suggests there has not been a comparable blanket suppression order since 1995 when the Australian government sought to suppress publication by Fairfax Media of details of a joint US-Australian espionage operation to bug a new Chinese embassy in Canberra.

Assange argues that the suppression order, together with the Australian government's recent introduction of legislation to criminalise reporting on certain types of intelligence operations, is part of an increasing trend in Australia of suppressing press freedoms for the sake of politics".

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Court gag ignored by WikiLeaks

Julian Assange: 'The Australian government is not just gagging the press, it is blindfolding the public.' Photo: AFP

EXCLUSIVE

WikiLeaks has struck again, releasing the text of a secret court order that cannot be published in Australia.

The anti-secrecy group has this morning published a Victorian Supreme Court suppression order that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange describes asunprecedented in scope.

The suppression order is itself suppressed. No Australian media organisation can legally publish the document or its contents.

Advertisement

In a statement provided to Fairfax Media, Assange said it was completely egregious to block the public's right to know and suppress the media in any instance, and especially in cases of international corruption involving politicians and subsidiaries of a public organisation.

Despite the legal implications WikiLeaks publishes this suppression order, as it will others, to uphold our values of freedom of information and transparency of government - the Australian people have a right to know, we work to ensure this right for them, even when their government tries to obstruct it."

WikiLeaks suggests there has not been a comparable blanket suppression order since 1995 when the Australian government sought to suppress publication by Fairfax Media of details of a joint US-Australian espionage operation to bug a new Chinese embassy in Canberra.

Assange argues that the suppression order, together with the Australian government's recent introduction of legislation to criminalise reporting on certain types of intelligence operations, is part of an increasing trend in Australia of suppressing press freedoms for the sake of politics".

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