This
is very strange, to say the very least – and menacing. For those
that don’t know it already, Rodney
Hide is the former leader of the ACT Party, ex- MP and minister
of the crown
It
makes not the slightest difference that Hide is on the other end of
the political ‘spectrum’ - why is someone, who until recently a
minister of this John Key government under covert investigation?
Be
afraid, very afraid
One
of the comments:
Good
question. What have you been up up too Mr Hide? Nothing to
"hide"nothing to be afraid of according to your mate,
right? Crap.
Having
being investigated for over a decade I lodged complaints with the
Privacy Commissioners Office enquiring as to just how long I could
remain under investigation and was informed; 'there is no time period
to which an investigation must be completed therefore Section 27 (1)
© may be as long as an investigation continues"
Eventually,
after 3 years the Commissioner (B Slane) wrote back stating the
government agency "... has satisfied me that it is currently
investigating you, that this investigation has continued over a
number of years and that if it were to release information to you at
this stage there is a likely hood that its investigation may be
prejudiced"
I
wrote back stating that private investigations relating to a New
Zealand born citizen which continued unabated for over a decade on
the basis of mere speculation surely exceeded the boundaries of
natural justice and amounted to unbridled rain dancing & wasting
tax payers money" He fobbed me off, again.
Maybe
you might have said something untowardly against this Government?
Why
am I under investigation?
The
state apparently has me under covert investigation.
Rodney
Hide
26
April, 2015
It
began two weeks ago. My Christchurch friends and colleagues were
served, some at home, some at work. They were summonsed by a senior
insolvency officer who explained they could be apprehended should
they refuse. Such notices are a detention, an arrest without charge.
The
guys are motor mechanics, engineers and motor engineers.
They
turn up the following Wednesday as ordered, each at separate times.
The deputy official assignee swears their oath.
They
are interrogated by private investigators from a firm called InDepth
Forensics, Hamilton.
I
have the recordings.
On
Thursday I email and ring the PI firm. "Why are you
investigating me?" They hang up.
I
email and leave messages for Ministry of Business, Innovation and
Employment manager Mandy McDonald.
She
won't return my calls.
On
Friday I go to the MBIE office in Christchurch. The boss can't answer
my questions: she doesn't know what's happening. She says she will
speak to her solicitor and get back to me. She doesn't.
I
ring Minister Steven Joyce's office. I make no progress.
I
return to MBIE's office on Monday. I'm refused an appointment. I'm
told the deputy official assignee "only administered the oath".
But the deputy official assignee signed the recording as
"interviewer". I'm asked to leave. I refuse.
I
wait quietly in the foyer for 2 hours.
Joyce's
staffer emails: But because the "Official Assignee [is] an
independent body, and also under Hon [Paul] Goldsmith's
responsibilities, I do not think I can assist you further."
Goldsmith
is in Paris explaining how he's making "it easier for businesses
to increase productivity and innovate".
I
ring the Institute of Private Investigators. Useless. I email the
Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority. Ditto.
I
complain to the Privacy Commissioner. I don't hear back.
I
provide a two-page summary for local MP Nicky Wagner. She rings.
Finally someone is taking my complaint seriously.
On
Tuesday I drop in a letter to the Christchurch MBIE. Now there's
security. The guard tells me he's there to see his girlfriend. I
tease him.
Keith's
still there an hour later. He admits he has been called because of
me. He wants to know if I will be back.
Tuesday
night. Wagner must have kicked butt. Mandy McDonald sends a clearly
hurried email. She assures me I am not under investigation. It's
taken nearly a week.
But
why the questioning under the detention powers?
The
next day I get a letter from another MBIE staffer warning me that
reporting the content of their examinations of my friends and
colleagues would render me liable to a year in prison plus a $5000
fine. But, according to the email from McDonald, I'm reporting a
non-investigation.
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