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'Secret' COVID-19 New Year's Eve party organiser Farooq Latief almost jailed due to internet banking delay

The George bar and restaurant manager Farooq Latief leaves a Perth court after he was charged. (ABC News: Hugh Sando)

Friends of a man who helped organise a Perth New Year's Eve party during COVID-19 restrictions have enabled him to walk free from court, after an internet banking delay threatened to put him behind bars.

Farooq Latief helped organise and sell tickets to the 2021 New Year's Eve party at George Bar in Perth's CBD while the city was under strict COVID-19 mandates.

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