The two faces of subterfuge

The two different identities of the man that Ian Wishart has fingered in the donations for citizenship scandal that has hit Labour this weekend.

Yang Liu, a Chinese National, has donated money to the Labour Party, so Wishart has said.

It has yet to be established how deep the links to Labour go with this individual but Labour are not talking and are currently in damage mode.

With Ian Wishart anything is possible but he says he has documentation to back up his story and New Zealanders will look with interest as to whether mainstream media will pick this potential big story up and do some decent investigation into the allegations and their validity.

Things certainly look very very fishy and we have a right to know before an election if Ian Wishart's story has a sound basis in fact because if even half true it once again goes to the dishonesty of the current government and the fact they will do anything to get re-elected. 

c Political Animal 2008