A Labor councillor wrote that he had “fled Sydney” to avoid a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry before saying he was “back from hiding”, and consulted tarot cards before an attempt to force out a mayor, the state’s anti-corruption commission has heard.
Sharangan Maheswaran told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Friday he did not want to appear at 2023 hearings of a parliamentary inquiry, which preceded Icac’s probe, but rejected the suggestion it was because he was privy to a scheme under which a property developer allegedly paid for political outcomes.
