新南威尔士州前建筑专员戴维·钱德勒（David Chandler）向独立廉政公署（Icac）作证，披露在逃开发商让·纳西夫（Jean Nassif）曾于2021年致电对其进行威胁 1。钱德勒表示，纳西夫在电话中警告称：“不要伤害我的项目，如果你伤害我的项目，我就伤害你” 1。这一威胁发生在钱德勒对纳西夫旗下Toplace公司开发项目采取监管措施之后，包括2020年下令对Botany的一处建筑进行破坏性检查以检查防水，以及2021年4月对Castle Hill的Skyview公寓综合体下达禁止入住令 1。
钱德勒称，在威胁电话之后，他遭遇了一系列旨在破坏其声誉和职位的施压行动，最终导致其于2022年7月辞去建筑专员一职，后复职至2024年 1。这些施压手段包括匿名勒索和泄露视频：他曾收到匿名邮件，声称只要向律师威廉·罗伯茨（William Roberts）支付500万澳元，建筑专员即可解除对Toplace项目的占用令，而Toplace高管将此描述为“勒索企图” 1。此外，2022年6月《澳大利亚人报》报道的一段视频显示，钱德勒曾向银行提供一份包含“可疑认证员”的“非正式名单”，此事虽引发内部调查但最终为其澄清 1。目前，独立廉政公署正在调查纳西夫等人涉嫌向杰里米·格林伍德（Jeremy Greenwood）、克里斯蒂安·埃利斯（Christian Ellis）和查尔斯·佩罗泰特（Charles Perrottet）支付200万澳元，以确认这笔款项是否构成对新州自由党的非法政治捐款，以及是否旨在推动撤换建筑专员 1。在录音中，纳西夫还声称前州长多米尼克·佩罗泰特（Dominic Perrottet）已同意用埃莱尼·佩蒂诺斯（Eleni Petinos）替换公平交易部长凯文·安德森（Kevin Anderson），并称佩蒂诺斯为“我的女孩” 1。纳西夫已于2022年逃往黎巴嫩农村，预计将于下周通过视频连线出席Icac听证会，他此前否认了任何不当行为 1。
Former New South Wales building commissioner David Chandler has testified at the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), revealing that fugitive developer Jean Nassif threatened him during a 2021 phone call 1. Chandler stated that Nassif told him, "Don’t you harm my project, and if you harm my project, I’ll harm you" 1. The ICAC is currently investigating whether A$2 million allegedly paid by Nassif to Jeremy Greenwood, Christian Ellis, and Charles Perrottet constituted illegal political donations to the NSW Liberal Party, and whether the payments were intended to push for the removal of the building commissioner 1.
The tension between Chandler and Nassif's company, Toplace, escalated after Chandler ordered a "destructive inspection" of a Toplace building in Botany to check its waterproofing in 2020 1. In April 2021, Chandler issued a prohibition on inhabiting order for Toplace's Skyview apartment complex in Castle Hill 1. Following these actions, Chandler faced a series of pressure campaigns, including an anonymous email claiming that an A$5 million payment to lawyer William Roberts would result in the lifting of occupation orders on Toplace projects, which Toplace executives described as an "attempt at a shakedown" 1. Additionally, in June 2022, The Australian reported a video in which Chandler mentioned having an "informal list" of dodgy certifiers provided to banks, prompting an internal investigation that ultimately cleared him 1.
During the recorded interactions, Nassif also claimed that former premier Dominic Perrottet had agreed to replace Fair Trading Minister Kevin Anderson with Eleni Petinos, referring to Petinos as "my girl" 1. Nassif fled to rural Lebanon in 2022 and is expected to attend the ICAC hearing via video link next week, having previously denied any wrongdoing 1. The sustained pressure led Chandler to resign in July 2022, though he later returned to his position and served as the building commissioner until 2024 1.
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