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Council clarifies chief executive fraud comments

Woking BC has clarified comments made by its chief executive after criticism he was linking the town’s Pakistani community with electoral fraud.

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 May 2015

Woking BC has clarified comments made by its chief executive after criticism he was linking the town's Pakistani community with electoral fraud.

The local authority's top officer, Ray Morgan, issued a statement on 24 April after five people had been found guilty of conspiracy to defraud at Reading Crown Court.

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