With my limited knowledge of things South-East-Asian, I would suggest that any attempt to demonstrate to those in authority that the arrest charge used was invalid because of a perceived mistake (ie: shaming them) would be very counterproductive.
"Face", pride, is important. A social more as entrenched in Asia as, say, forming a queue is in England. (Assuming you still do that. Darned polite. And correct.)
It would very likely make things worse, not better, for the imprisoned man.
Quiet legal support behind the scenes, and ensuring the man is supported in prison (food, gifts etc, as permitted, and legal aid) is the way I'd want to go.
[edit] I would imagine, based on the wording of the OP, that any defense is likely to rely on the controller not knowing that the release of the document was against policy, (or that there was no policy - unlikely) nor that the document was indeed a secret. The success (or not) of that would probably depend very much on the conditions one is employed under. (Which as an employee he had probably seen; maybe even signed.)
If there is a policy of "no release of documents/information" present, (and I bet there is; my workplace has something similar), no amount of public release of same documents to demonstrate they aren't exactly secret will make much difference. I wouldn't think so, anyway.
Last edited by Tarq57; 28th November 2009 at 06:14.