Media News - Friday, May 02, 2008
Australian media condemn raid on paper
Australian media on Thursday accused police who raided a newspaper of trying to intimidate journalists for writing stories that were politically embarrassing to the government. Western Australia state police on Wednesday raided the Perth offices of the Sunday Times, which is published by Australia's largest newspaper publisher, Rupert Murdoch's News Limited. Staff at the newspaper said 16 police officers sealed the building's exits as they executed search warrants during the four-hour raid, searching people's bags as they left, seizing documents and grilling editor Sam Weir. They said police were searching for the source of a leak that led to a story alleging the state government planned to use AUD 16m (EUR 9.6m) taxpayer funds on an advertising campaign to help its re-election. A group of Australia's major print, television and radio media organisations, called Australia's Right to Know, condemned the raid. (AFP)
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