Australia/Timor-Leste: UN Court Postpones East Timor Spy Case

Sep 6, 2014 | Harriet Alexander, Sydney Morning Herald
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The architect of East Timor's independence movement has welcomed the decision by Australia and his country to postpone court action over their spy row and  pursue an amicable resolution.

East Timor dragged Canberra to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to seek the return of sensitive documents seized by Australia in a raid on  the office of a lawyer working for East Timor.

The documents related to a controversial oil and gas treaty between the two  countries that East Timor wanted torn up.