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High profile internet blogger Cameron Slater is defending his actions after another deliberate breach of a suppression order.
Nelson Bays police area commander Detective Inspector John Winter on Monday said Slater's website was being investigated after he posted a coded message identifying a man charged in Nelson last week with indecently assaulting a girl aged 12 and 16.
Slater is already facing five charges of breaching court suppression orders after identifying two prominent New Zealanders accused in separate sex offence cases.
Slater said on Tuesday that police had not been in contact over the latest post.
Suppression was "almost never" appropriate and victimised many people, he told Radio New Zealand.
"The idea of it (suppression) was to be used few and far between, it seems that it's used all the time, particularly if you're part of the establishment - doctors, lawyers, celebrities," he said.
"In some cases you've got a very small population of people who it could possibly be and so in trying to protect victims you're actually victimising other people."
Slater said the adoption of suppression laws similar to those of Britain, Canada and the United States would lead to a more open and honest court system.
"Right now there is a perception that people are getting special favours," he said.
"I'm saying, let's get sensible about suppression and instead of having the interested parties, the establishment, sitting around deciding what we should and shouldn't have, lets have the public having some input".
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