Private investigator surveilled Liberal minister and supplied Jean Nassif with recording devices, Icac hears
Summary
A private investigator told an anti-corruption commission he was hired to watch a Liberal minister and gave secret recording devices to a fugitive property developer. The New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption is investigating claims that several Liberal figures received illegal donations from the developer in exchange for political favors.Key Facts
- Shane de Kauwe, a private investigator, was asked to watch former NSW Liberal MP David Elliott.
- De Kauwe installed a hidden camera without permission on a building to record a person related to Elliott.
- The investigation involves allegations that Liberal politicians took $2 million in illegal donations from Jean Nassif or his company.
- Jean Nassif, a fugitive property developer, denies being corrupt.
- The allegations include attempts to damage Elliott’s political career and remove a building official, David Chandler.
- De Kauwe provided secret recording devices to Nassif, a lawyer Sharangan Maheswaran, and Liberal figure Jeremy Greenwood.
- De Kauwe reported a suspected attempt to extort $5 million from Nassif for building approvals to the police.
- The matters are unproven, and no formal wrongdoing has been established against Elliott or Chandler.
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