Three more men arrested in connection with an alleged
Auckland super city election voting scam appeared in court
today.
Davinder Singh, 45, Harmesh Singh, 51, and Paramjit Singh,
48, appeared in Manukau District Court facing charges of
fraud after change of address forms involving hundreds of
voters in south Auckland were allegedly forged.
Their arrests followed charges laid by police against
prominent Papatoetoe ward candidate Daljit Singh and another
man, whose name remains suppressed.
Dalhjit Singh, who unsuccessfully stood for the Papatoetoe
Community Board, said last week the charges had affected the
way people had voted for him.
But he told NZPA today he would not be seeking a judicial
review into the election result.
He said it was a long story and he wanted everything to come
out in court.
The Registrar of Electors last month removed 306 enrolments
after discovering people did not live at addresses stated on
enrolment forms.
The arrested men are not related and Paramjit Singh is not
the Manukau lawyer of the same name.
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