Written By: - Date published: 4:35 pm, October 29th, 2008 - 46 comments
Categories: john key -
Tags: h-fee, nz herald
It looks like the Herald has as a scoop on John Key’s possible involvement in the H-fee scandal. According to the article:
John Key faces accusations of misleading the public about his knowledge of one of New Zealand’s most notorious white collar crimes.
The allegations centre around the so-called H-Fee – two payments totalling A$66.5 million to Equiticorp funnelled via sham foreign exchange transactions in 1988 – and an interview Mr Key gave the Herald last year.
There have been rumours around the traps about this for some time but nothing substantial. It’ll be interesting to see what the Herald has got tomorrow, and whether the story stacks up.
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I’m just wondering why Owen Glenn’s word is Gospel when what he says is what you want to hear but …
… ignored when he contradicts the conspiracy theory (NZ Herald, today).
Christ almighty.
Talk about clutching at straws. The left can’t even keep track of the slander!
You guys did this one already!
Key was questioned, as were a number of employees. The then head of the SFO is on record as saying that Key had no involvement with the H-Fee
Now answer this. You are about to commit fraud. Do you let the whole office know? Key helped the prosecution by telling what he knew, but was not in the loop.
A person who was in the loop, but turned witness for the prosecution, did not finger Key, because he was not involved.
Gobsmacked – Owen Glenn’s word was good enough for the Greens, why isn’t it good enough for you?
following Milo’s post at 5.12 pm
[lprent: Source? Link? How much did they donate to National? Or should I regard this as a troll?]
“Hawkins said Equiticorp gave $250,000 to Labour in 1986 during pro-free enterprise Finance Minister Roger Douglas’s four-year stint under Prime Minister David Lange and a “substantially lesser” amount to National the same year. “I expect if (Labour) are being fair they will mention that as well,” he said.”
Sunday 26 August 2008
link
On another point; I took a 6 month break from a company I worked for, I think, in 1993 – or it could have been in 1994. I worked there again for about 8 months before I resigned totally. I would have to go and find the box [somewhere] that may have some papers that would probably remind me conclusively of the exact months and year that this happened – but on the spur of the moment recall………
I believe it was 1993 and I would almost swear to it in good faith, but without checking I could not guarantee. Memory is a funny thing.
If you discovered that it was in fact 1994, would you come after me trumpeting that I had deliberately “lied” because I had ‘obviously’ something to hide?
[lprent: Thank you. Always hate these things popping up without substantiation. Fixed your link as well]
Kiwigirl, if the place you worked for was involved in a $67m fraud, and there was a chance youcould be implicated would you look in your box for the dates, before the SFO came to see you, or before a Newspaper interviewed you about it, or would you not bother at all? If you choose the latter, then I’d say your attention to detail and preparation would rule you out as being fit for major public office…
Heh, I’m not surprised they’d give money to Labour under Douglas, and National…
Thanks KiwiGirl. I assume that’s all the source you needed lprent. But let me know if you want a link for the denials of John Key’s involvement by Chas Sturt, Alan Hawkins and Ken Jarret.
Frankly, I’m surprised the Standard would print this stuff without knowing those kinds of facts backwards.
Labour and the left are manifestly different creatures, thankyou.
Herald says it was a fizzer. Another desperate attempt by Labour who have used taxpayer funded researchers who not supposed to do this sort of mucky muckraking.
Why is Labour soooo desperate and fighting like a cornered cat?
I thought you were all happy with the poll trends?
Only 9 days to go and the most corrupt and nasty government in history will be consigned to history.Let it be a long time before we hear from Labour again.
How big does it look now?
IrishBill would have us believe Key told the SFO the date he left and they accepted it without checking it.
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Robin Grieve
October 30, 2008 at 7:48 am
“…the most corrupt and nasty government in history…”
Oh good grief Robin, you really need to get out more.