Article 5K7K3 Witness K spared jail after pleading guilty to breaching secrecy laws over Timor-Leste bugging

Witness K spared jail after pleading guilty to breaching secrecy laws over Timor-Leste bugging

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Christopher Knaus
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ACT magistrate Glenn Theakston says Witness K appeared to be motivated by justice rather than personal gain

Witness K has been spared jail time for his role in exposing Australia's 2004 bugging of Timor-Leste with a Canberra court finding he appeared to be motivated by justice not personal gain.

The former Australian Secret Intelligence Service officer stood behind a wall of black panels, invisible to the packed courtroom, as he was sentenced on Friday to a three-month suspended term of imprisonment and a 12-month good behaviour order.

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