Three more in court over super city scam

Daljit Singh. Photo / Richard Robinson

Three more men arrested in connection with an alleged Auckland super city election voting scam appeared in court today.

Davinder Singh, 45, Harmesh Singh, 51, and Paramjit Singh, 48, appeared in Manukau District Court facing charges of fraud after change of address forms involving hundreds of voters in south Auckland were allegedly forged.

Their arrests followed charges laid by police against prominent Papatoetoe ward candidate Daljit Singh and another man, whose name remains suppressed.

Dalhjit Singh, who unsuccessfully stood for the Papatoetoe Community Board, said last week the charges had affected the way people had voted for him.

But he told NZPA today he would not be seeking a judicial review into the election result.

He said it was a long story and he wanted everything to come out in court.

The Registrar of Electors last month removed 306 enrolments after discovering people did not live at addresses stated on enrolment forms.

The arrested men are not related and Paramjit Singh is not the Manukau lawyer of the same name.

- NZPA