O'Chee claims echoed in US

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http://www.theage.com.au/national/ochee-claims-echoed-in-us-20111123-1nv1z.html

ALLEGATIONS that News Ltd offered a senator a ''special relationship'' if he crossed the floor on a vote of financial interest to the company have been included in a US lawsuit being run by News shareholders against the company's New York parent organisation

Yesterday it was revealed federal police are investigating claims that senior News Ltd executive Malcolm Colless told then Queensland senator Bill O'Chee, during a 1998 lunch in Brisbane, he would be ''taken care of'' if he voted in accordance with News' interests.

The allegations of Mr O'Chee were contained in a nine-page police statement made by Mr O'Chee, and seen by The Age.

It can now be revealed that a statutory declaration making the same claims has been provided to lawyers running a class action against News Corporation's New York leadership, on behalf of shareholders who say mismanagement has damaged the company financially

After being revealed by The Age, the story of the federal police investigation was picked up by hundreds of newspapers and media outlets in Britain, the United States and elsewhere



http://www.smh.com.au/national/ochee-influence-claims-sent-to-news-lawsuit-20111123-1nv2b.html