澳大利亚前建筑工会领导人约翰·塞特卡因涉嫌向CFMEU管理员发送威胁和骚扰信息第三次被逮捕和控罪。[1]61岁的塞特卡于周五早上被捕，将在墨尔本地方法院出庭。[1]他面临使用电信设备进行威胁、冒犯和两项保释期间犯重罪的多项指控。[1]
塞特卡的多次被控涉及一系列事件。他曾在2024年11月首次被捕，被指控7项使用通讯工具进行威胁、骚扰和冒犯的罪名。[1]其后在2月份因涉嫌在圣诞节对CFMEU官员发出威胁而被第二次控罪。[1]2024年7月19日，有关部门向塞特卡发布了禁制令（IVO）。[1]警方于2024年中期建立了Operation Hawk行动进行调查。[1]
对于指控，塞特卡表示"人们应该只管变得更强硬一些，喝点混凝土，硬起来……这就是建筑行业"。[1]他还声称起诉是政治驱动的。[1]
John Setka, the former leader of Australia's construction union, has been arrested and charged for a third time in connection with alleged threats directed at CFMEU administrators.[1] The 61-year-old was taken into custody on Friday morning and is scheduled to appear before Melbourne Magistrates' Court.[1] He faces multiple charges including using a telecommunications device to make threats, using a telecommunications device to offend or harass, and two counts of committing an indictable offense while on bail.[1]
This latest charge follows previous arrests in the matter. Setka was first arrested in November 2024 and faced seven charges related to using communication tools to threaten, harass, and offend individuals.[1] A second round of charges was laid in February relating to alleged threats made to CFMEU officials at Christmas.[1] A restraining order was issued against Setka on July 19, 2024.[1] Police established Operation Hawk in mid-2024 to investigate the allegations.[1]
When responding to the accusations, Setka dismissed concerns about his conduct, stating: "People should just toughen up and drink a bit of concrete and harden up a bit … It is the building industry."[1] He has also claimed that the prosecution is politically motivated.[1]