Former Labor MP Ernest Wong tells a corruption inquiry a billionaire property developer had been happy to deliver $100,000 in donations to the NSW Labor party.
Former Labor MP Ernest Wong has told a corruption inquiry a billionaire property developer had been"happy" to personally deliver $100,000 in donations to the NSW Labor Party.Ernest Wong said the $100,000 had been raised from ticket sales to a dinner and individual Labor donorsProperty developers are banned from donating to political parties
"There is no particular practice as such — I don't think we've got a very good process of practices as such," he said. Mr Wong denied the money was really raised from the VIP table he personally sold to billionaire property developer Huang Xiangmo, but said he did pass the money onto Mr Huang.Mr Wong said Mr Huang had offered to drop the money into Labor headquarters in Sussex Street, because he was on his way to visit then party secretary Jamie Clements.
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