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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tess McClure in Auckland

New Zealand crime cleanup company investigated after posting graphic photos online

Crime Scene Cleaners has apologised for posting the pictures but faces a justice ministry investigation.
Crime Scene Cleaners in New Zealand has apologised for posting the pictures but faces a justice ministry investigation. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

New Zealand’s justice ministry has launched an investigation into whether a crime scene cleaning company broke the law by posting images to its social media pages of cleanup sites – including, allegedly, images of suspected suicide sites and of human remains.

The story was first reported by RNZ, which found Christchurch company Crime Scene Cleaners had posted images to its Facebook and Instagram accounts – including graphic images of decomposing human remains, and images of cleanup work in the aftermath of suspected suicides.

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