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Subject: whistleblowers in New Zealand get no protection thereby protecting NZ’s least corrupt status .
Open letter to transparency New Zealand .. What protection do Whistle blowers get ???
Good morning Alex
You may remember me I am a fellow member of the association certified Fraud examiners and a corruption whistleblower.
I am writing to you in your role of director of Transparency International.
I am not wishing any assistance from you with my personal case but wish to express to you the issues which I have faced over the past 4 ½ years since asking what I thought were some simple questions of public accountability of a private law enforcement “ organisation”. Background to my case is on https://anticorruptionnz.wordpress.com/ see the INDEX for specific headings
The best form of defence is attack and those seeking to conceal the corruption attacked me in the civil jurisdiction. I have been financially drained , they have had me in bankruptcy my family has been torn apart.. I am sure that you will know the symptoms it is classic of what Whistle blowers endure. We need only look at case studies of high profile fraud cases which all start by attacking and discrediting the whistleblower.
My Issue is that I have over that time been unsuccessful in getting any one in government to act. I have been everywhere and all I get is walls to knock my head up against. I know I am not alone I know of others who experience the same.
New Zealand cannot keep on pretending that there is no corruption by simply making it impossible for people to expose it .
By allowing corruption to be concealed we are creating a breeding ground for corruption which left unchecked will be uncontrollable.
I have just returned from the ACFE conference in Melbourne and there whistleblowers were recognised as the No 1 means by which fraud and corrupt practices were exposed. Yet in New Zealand we have no protection for persons such a as my self as I am not protected by the protected disclosures act.
New Zealand has signed but not ratified the UN Convention against corruption. Had we signed it the convention would provide protection.
Could you please advise what Transparency International ( New Zealand) is doing in creating corruption awareness in the government sector and providing protection to persons such as myself.
Do you have any plans to put effective systems in place where by those who wish to question corrupt practices are not left on their own to be crucified by those who can attack them using a bottomless pit of charitable dollars and legal expertise.
Had I been a criminal I would have served my time by now , instead this is my 5th Christmas where I am fighting court decisions which through the cunning manipulation of the court process by those seeking to conceal their corrupt practice have sought to deny me my basic human rights of a fair hearing and a right to justice .
For your information My matter is of gross public interest and strikes at the heart of State capture and public private relationships where by a person in public office was acting in circumstances as defined by the UN as using a public office for private gain. What makes it worse is that this man even wrote the legislation to facilitate it.
I have no doubt is the tip of the ice berg
I look forward to your response and a way forward so that others do not have to endure what I am going through.
Regards
Grace Haden
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