In case you missed it, the Royal Commission have slapped a suppression order on some of those people included in evidence.
This included the Waikato father and son who acts as references on tarrants FAL application, the son who he met online, neither of whom met the referee requirements.
So in making the suppression order the RC has effectively confirmed the rumours that the police screwed up big time in processing his FAL application:
Stuff has previously reported that it appeared police failed to properly vet the terrorist when granting him a firearms licence. Sources, who required anonymity to speak, said police relied on character references, a father and son, who met the terrorist through an Internet chatroom.
The commissioners said they were concerned for the wellbeing of both the Waikato father and son and the police staff, noting all had been “subject of considerable media speculation”.
“Publication of their names is not necessary for the public to understand what happened."
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