Former AFP commissioner Mick Keelty gives up Order of Australia honour six years after Ben Roberts-Smith tip-off
by Karen Middleton Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6PW3N)
Federal court judge in last year's defamation case found Roberts-Smith tried to evade surveillance after Keelty alerted him to pending war crimes investigation in 2018
The former Australian federal police commissioner Mick Keelty has relinquished his Order of Australia honour, six years after he passed information received from serving police officers to Ben Roberts-Smith, alerting him to a pending war crimes investigation.
Keelty retired from the AFP in 2009 after a 35-year law-enforcement career, including eight as AFP commissioner.
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