Gordon Copeland Press Release
For Immediate Release
Thursday, 12th June 2008
New questions in the Kahui case
Independent MP and candidate for The Kiwi Party, Gordon Copeland, today raised further questions about the
unsatisfactory situation which has arisen following the murder of the Kahui twins.
“In particular, constituents have raised with me two issues which I believe merit further consideration,” said Mr
Copeland.
“The first question asked is why all of the adults which were in the house where the twins were murdered were not
charged with murder or other crimes? After all, they were all living there and did nothing to stop the abuse which had
obviously been happening to the twins for some time.”
“This contrasts with the drive-by shooting of a toddler in Whanganui a year or so ago. In that case, everyone in the car
was charged with murder.”
“The second question relates to the so-called conspiracy of silence and the non-cooperation of the Kahui family with the
Police from day one. I would have thought that those actions, in and of themselves, amount to obstruction of justice and
yet that angle has, to my knowledge, not been raised in the media to date.”
“New Zealanders need to have these questions answered by the Police or by the Ministry of Justice. We cannot, in these
tragic circumstances, allow evil to triumph. Indeed, as Edmund Burke suggested, evil does triumph if good people do
nothing.”
“This matter is so serious that it would be good to see senior members of the legal profession volunteering to assist
and help the Police, in every way possible, until the demands of justice are satisfied.”
ENDS