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Justice Minister, meet the internet

Apparently, Justice Minister Andrew Little is somewhat upset and maybe even a tad surprised that a name suppression order issued by the New Zealand courts has been ignored by the British media.

Whilst such suppression orders carry stiff penalties for NZ media if breached, there is no such penalty available, should the suppressed information be published by someone outside the country. That is exactly what's happened in this case.

The sensitive information is related to the case of English tourist Grace Millane who was sadly murdered a week or so ago.

The name of the accused and other details which were ordered suppressed by the court have since been published by UK newspapers and, since such newspapers are now easily accessible to NZers via the Net, that information is effectively not suppressed at all.

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