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Timor to drop ASIO raid case but will recommence original spy proceedings to nullify oil treaty

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East Timor has signalled it will drop it's secondary legal case against Australia regarding ASIO's raids on the offices of Timor's Australian lawyers, but will recommence the original legal proceedings which prompted the controversial raids.

The raids occurred days before legal proceedings were to be heard in The Hague, in which East Timor was seeking to have a lucrative oil and gas treaty nullified due to revelations that Australia had bugged the Timorese cabinet room during the negotiations.

The Timor Sea Justice Campaign's spokesperson in Melbourne, Tom Clarke, said dropping the side case regarding the seized documents will allow East Timor to get back to focussing on the original case and the need for permanent maritime boundaries.

"The allegations that our Government spied on one of our neighbours for mere economic gain shocked many fair-minded Australians, but disappointingly it fits a pattern of bullying behaviour from successive Australian Governments that have been intent on short-changing East Timor out of billions of dollars in gas and oil revenues," said Mr Clarke.

Source: http://www.timorseajustice.com/timor-sea-justice-campaign-news/timor-to-drop-asio-raid-case-but-recommences-original-spy-proceedings-to-nullify-oil-treaty.