Article: WA: Police raid Sunday Times office in Perth


AAP General News (Australia)
04-30-2008
WA: Police raid Sunday Times office in Perth

The editor of a Perth newspaper says a police raid on his newsroom is an attack on free speech.

The Sunday Times editor SAM WEIR says he's deeply concerned the newspaper's offices
have been raided twice this month trying to uncover the sources of exclusive political
stories.

Mr WEIR says West Australians should be concerned the state's already stretched police
resources are being wasted on investigations designed to intimidate The Sunday Times'
journalists and their sources.

He says the paper won't be discouraged from uncovering stories in the public interest
and will ...

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