The NT Police director of communications Margaret McKeown has been sacked without explanation, sources have told the NT Independent, which comes amid revelations the Fyles Government appointed a marketing manager to usurp the NT Police media unit to control how the police force reports crime to the public.

Sources have also said the Darwin police media unit office is suspected to be bugged by police, following on from the secret video surveillance of the Alice Springs police media office last year, which was used to lay contested charges against a media officer for disclosing information.

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