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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/30/australian-court-gagging-order-abuse-legal-process

Australian court's gagging order condemned as 'abuse of legal process'

Lawyers and media condemn ban on reporting in full on bribery investigation involving banknote company Securency

A sweeping gagging order issued by an Australian court to block reporting of bribery allegations involving several international political leaders has been attacked by journalists and lawyers as "unacceptable" and "an abuse of legal process".

The extraordinary prohibition emerged from a criminal case in the Australian courts and relates to part of an ongoing investigation by prosecutors across three continents into allegations of multimillion-pound bribes paid in the banknote-printing industry.

Business executives at a company called Securency are alleged to have conspired to win lucrative contracts to print plastic notes in several south-east Asian countries allegedly by paying bribes to high-ranking politicians and officials between 1999 and 2005.

and those redacted names are:

(a) any current or former Prime Minister of Malaysia (including refereces to 'PM');
(b) any current or former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (including references to 'DPM');
(c) any current or former Finance Minister of Malaysia (including references to 'FM');
(d) Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak, currently Prime Minister (since 2009) and Finance Minister (since 2008) of Malaysia;
(e) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (also known as Pak Lah), a former Prime Minister (2003 - 2009) and Finance Minister (2003 - 2008) of Malaysia;
(f) Puan Noni (also knows as Ms/Madame Noni, or Nonni), a sister-in-law of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi;
(g) Mahathir Mohamed, a former Prime Minister (1981 - 2003) and Finance Minister (2001 - 2003) of Malaysia;
(h) Daim Zainuddin, a former Finance Minister of Malaysia (1984 - 1991; 1999 - 2001);
(i) Rafidah Aziz, a former Trade Minister of Malaysia (1987 - 2008);
(j) Hamid Albar, a former Minister for Foreign Affairs (1999 - 2008) and Minister of Home Affairs (2008 - 2009) of Malaysia;
(k) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (also known as SBY), currently President of Indonesia (since 2004);
(l) Megawati Sukarnoputri (also known as Mega), a former President of Indonesia (2001 - 2004) and current leader of the PDI-P political party;
(m) Laksamana Sukardi, a former Indonesian minister (2001 - 2004; in Megawati Sukarnoputri's goverment);
Truong Tan San, currently President of Vietnam (since 2011);
(o) Nguyen Tan Dung, currently Prime Minister of Vietnam (since 2006);
(p) Le Duc Thuy, a Former Chairman of the National Financial Supervisory Committee (2007 - 2011) and a former Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (1999 - 2007); and
(q) Nong Duc Manh, a former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (2001 - 2011).

https://wikileaks.org/aus-suppression-order/

So basically all the top-level leadership & financial positions in the governments of Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam since 1998.

 

[lethial]

Crikey!

 

[Izuna]

Aren't you breaking the law?

 

[ninjapanda]

I remember there were substantial allegations of bribes to Saddam Hussein to try and get Iraq to adopt plastic banknotes a little while ago. I think it was aired by the ABC last year?

Not sure how they thought they could cover this up as well.

(ADOPT OUR PLASTIC BANK NOTES. Let us profit from your money)