The Law Commission is recommending that whistle-blowers and journalists who handle leaked government documents should be treated like spies. That’s 14 years in gaol for exposing criminality, extravagance, waste, stupidity and treachery by public servants.
Serving the public interest will not be allowed as a valid defence. The Law Commission has been working on its case for 9 months now, during which time it has not bothered to consult journalists and civil liberties organizations. Presumably, because the Commission is happy with a Chinese copy of the system in force in the People’s Republic of China.
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