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March 2, 2004
$3m set aside for police rape inquiry
NZPA
The Government has
set aside $3 million for the Commission of Inquiry into historic allegations of
police rape.
Prime Minister Helen Clark said cabinet had approved the budget up to $3m
today.
The cost would be spread over this financial year and the next one, she said.
The Government announced last month that the inquiry into allegations of police
pack rape would be carried out by High Court judge Justice Bruce Robertson and
former senior public servant Dame Margaret Bazley.
It follows allegations by Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas that police assistant
commissioner Clint Rickards, who has been stood down from his job as
The men deny the allegations.
The inquiry is expected to report back in November.