Police have apparently cleared National MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi of wrongdoing in an alleged immigration scam without interviewing a key accuser who has now returned to India.
The accuser, Darshan Singh Saran, provided a sworn statement that threats and pressure from influential figures in India silenced a key complainant in the case against Mr Bakshi.
But friends yesterday said Darshan Singh Saran had left New Zealand unexpectedly without being interviewed by police.
Counties-Manukau Police yesterday indicated a statement would be released saying Mr Bakshi was to be cleared - but nothing was sent out.
A spokeswoman said its investigations were finished and checked out by its legal team.
But Police, including the officer in charge, Detective Inspector John Tims, did not respond to subsequent calls.
Police have been looking at the case for three months, after Immigration NZ passed on new information, including Darshan Singh Saran's statement.
Mr Bakshi also did not respond to calls last night.
Darshan Singh Saran's statement was read out under Parliamentary privilege by Labour MP Pete Hodgson in August.
It said Kuldeep Singh, who made the original complaint that Mr Bakshi was giving false job offers to Indians trying to get into New Zealand, was subsequently harassed by associates of Mr Bakshi in India.
This left him so "desperate and very afraid" he gave up his complaint.
Friends said Kuldeep Singh, who is still in India, has not been contacted by police.
Immigration NZ's new information included an interview with another New Zealand-based informant, but this man yesterday said he had not been contacted by police either.
