Are SMS Made from a Government Phone Public or Private?

A bit of a scandal is brewing. Minister of Justice has been caught out seemingly organising Ministry tenders/contract via SMS with friends - press got a hold of it and she is threatening to sue for breach of privacy...

Well it seems that this Government phone was being used for private financial gain at the cost of the public purse....

Read them for your self.

http://wikileaks.de/wiki/Timor_Leste_Minister_Lucia_Lobato_SMS_tenders