27 March 2012

Keneally denies Huawei claim

Former NSW premier Kristina Keneally has rejected a statement by a Huawei spokesman that she travelled on a company sponsored trip to the firm's China facilities.

"This is incorrect," she said in a statement on Monday.

"I have never undertaken any travel paid for by Huawei."

Earlier on Monday, a Huawei spokesman said former Labor premiers Kristina Keneally and John Brumby, who now sits on the company's Australian board, had been on sponsored trips.

When told of Ms Keneally's statement, the spokesman said there had been a miscommunication.

Ms Keneally said she had only travelled to China once, on an official trip in 2010 that was paid for by the NSW government.

Huawei noted that while Ms Keneally had visited its facility during her 2010 official visit to China, the entire trip was paid for by the NSW government

heraldsun.com.au 26 Mar 2012

Many government officials are given bribes, accept 'presents' and the like.

Some get caught, but many are still in office and continue to operate fraudulently.

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