Ex-NSW Labor MP Denies Concocting Story

Ex-NSW Labor MP Denies Concocting Story
Ernest Wong leaves the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) public inquiry into allegations concerning political donations in Sydney on Aug. 30, 2019. AAP Image/Dean Lewins
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A former NSW Labor MP and solicitor has told an anti-corruption inquiry he didn’t know he could be breaking the law when he diverted money from a Labor fundraiser to a bank account to which he was a signatory.

Ernest Wong on Tuesday was asked if the truth was “too awful” for him to admit when questioned over the transfer to the Friends of Chinese Community bank account.