Suppression orders: Securency court proceedings

The Australian Government obtained suppression orders to prevent publication of information that could suggest the involvement in corruption of specific senior political figures in the region, whether in fact they were or not.

The Government considers that the suppression orders remain the best means for protecting the senior political figures from the risk of unwarranted innuendo.

This is a long-running, complicated case which names a large number of individuals. The naming of such figures in the orders does not imply wrongdoing on their part.

The Government stresses that the Indonesian President and the former President are not the subject of the Securency proceedings.

We take the breach of the suppression orders extremely seriously and we are referring it to the police.