WELLINGTON: Former US intelligence operative Edward Snowden and fellow fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange joined forces on Monday to attack the New Zealand government accusing it of mass surveillance on its people, five days before the country goes to the polls.

The appearance of the fugitives together, albeit by satellite links, was part of “The Moment of Truth” event organised by Kim Dotcom, the Internet mogul fighting extradition from New Zealand to the United States to face online piracy charges.

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Dotcom, who has campaigned for the centre-right National Party-led government of Prime Minister John Key to be voted out of office on Saturday.

Published in Dawn, September 16th , 2014