Simon Bridges says his hands are clean, as National Party donations referred to SFO
The Front Page · NZ Herald
March 12, 201917m 24s
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Police have referred Jami-Lee Ross' complaint about National's election donations to the Serious Fraud Office.
Ross was kicked out of the National Party last year.
In October he went to police with details of alleged donation fraud in which he claimed leader Simon Bridges was a "corrupt politician with no moral compass".
The Botany MP claims Bridges had asked him to collect a $100,000 donation from businessman Yikun Zhang in May which was then split into smaller amounts to hide it. There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by Zhang.
A police statement today says the complaint was referred to the SFO as they hold the appropriate mandate to look into the matters raised by the investigation to date.
And Eric Watson faces a a monster tax bill, after losing one of the biggest IRD cases in NZ history.
Ross was kicked out of the National Party last year.
In October he went to police with details of alleged donation fraud in which he claimed leader Simon Bridges was a "corrupt politician with no moral compass".
The Botany MP claims Bridges had asked him to collect a $100,000 donation from businessman Yikun Zhang in May which was then split into smaller amounts to hide it. There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by Zhang.
A police statement today says the complaint was referred to the SFO as they hold the appropriate mandate to look into the matters raised by the investigation to date.
And Eric Watson faces a a monster tax bill, after losing one of the biggest IRD cases in NZ history.
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