Former NSW Labor boss denies accepting Aldi bag full of cash from Huang Xiangmo, Icac told

Jamie Clements tells Icac his meeting with the Chinese billionaire was to help set up a dinner with Bill Shorten

The former New South Wales Labor boss Jamie Clements has flatly denied he accepted a bag full of cash from the Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo, saying he instead met him to help set up a dinner with then opposition leader Bill Shorten, Icac has heard.

Previous evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption has alleged that Huang, a banned donor, brought an Aldi shopping bag full of $100,000 cash to Labor’s Sussex Street headquarters in April 2015 and handed it to Clements.

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