NZ’s Major Political Parties Tight-Lipped on Resignations of 2 Chinese MPs

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (R) and National Party leader Judith Collins look on after the State Memorial Service for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul in Wellington, NZ on April 21, 2021 Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

Leaders from New Zealand’s (NZ) Labour party and National party have refused to confirm or deny whether the resignations of two Chinese members of Parliament last year was due to security concerns over their links to Beijing.

Yang Jian from the National party resigned from Parliament on July 10, 2020, while Raymond Huo from the governing Labour party resigned 11 days later on July 21.