‘Scapegoating’: protesters to gather at Australian parliament before Witness K sentencing

Former NSW DPP says the wrong parties are being prosecuted' in case that exposed government's bugging of Timor-Leste during oil and gas negotiations in 2004

Protesters supporting Witness K will gather at federal parliament to decry his treatment as he faces sentencing and a very real prospect" of being jailed for speaking out about Australia's misconduct abroad.

Witness K is scheduled to face a sentencing hearing on Thursday for his role in exposing the Australian government's bugging of Timor-Leste, an impoverished ally, during lucrative oil and gas negotiations in 2004.