© Lukas Coch/AAPACT minister Shane Rattenbury criticises federal government over mystery prisoner in Canberra jail.
The Australian Capital Territory's justice minister, Shane Rattenbury, has slammed the federal government for the "disturbing" and "extraordinary" secrecy it imposed on the prosecution and imprisonment of a mystery inmate facing unknown charges.
Rattenbury said the secrecy was such that even he, as justice minister, had no knowledge of the case until recently."I am deeply disturbed by the extraordinary levels of secrecy surrounding the 'Witness J' case: secrecy that is a direct result of the commonwealth government's apparent growing disregard for the principles of open justice and a robust democracy," Rattenbury said.
"It is disturbing that Canberrans, along with other Australians, only learned about this case after the fact due to the restrictive commonwealth legislation."
"I include myself in this group - despite my role as minister in a territory government, I was not advised in relation to this issue."
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