Originally published byThe Guardian Australia
Government’s special investigator tells Senate estimates he was surprised journalists had prior knowledge of former SAS man’s arrest
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The federal government’s special investigator for war crimes allegations and the Australian federal police have asked the anti-corruption commission to investigate media leaks about the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith.
Arrested at Sydney airport on 7 April, the Victoria Cross recipient faces five charges of war crime murder over allegations he killed unarmed civilians during his service with the Australian SAS in Afghanistan.
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