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Investigations into
allegations of rape against police have so far cost more than $3 million and
the inquiry is set to be the most expensive inquiry ever, Parliament has been
told. A police investigation
began last January after Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas alleged in The
Dominion Post that she was pack-raped and violated with a police baton by
three police officers in 1986, when she was 18. The men categorically deny
the allegations. A commission of inquiry
was also set up by Prime Minister Helen Clark to look at the wider issue of
police misconduct. Justice Minister Phil
Goff, answering questions on behalf of Police Minister George Hawkins, told
the House that the cost of the police investigation up to February 28 this
year was $1,603,645. The commission of inquiry, which was on hold till the
police investigation is completed, has cost about $1.4 million. |
