A defence lawyer for a businessman at the centre of a political donations trial has told the court his client did not conceal his identity.
The lengthy judge-alone trial in the High Court in Auckland is drawing to a close, following a three-year investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.
The Crown claims three large donations to National and Labour were split into smaller amounts to avoid triggering the disclosure limit and to keep the public in the dark about the identity of the true donor - businessman Zhang Yikun.
Amy Williams reports.
