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Acting PM: Diplomat property dispute 'a disgrace' but diplomatic immunity necessary

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 10 Jul 2018, 8:06AM
Eva Tvarozkova doesn't have to pay the rent she owes, or the damage she's done, to the $1500 a week property.

Acting PM: Diplomat property dispute 'a disgrace' but diplomatic immunity necessary

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 10 Jul 2018, 8:06AM

Winston Peters says the case of a Wellington landlord being left $20,000 out of pocket by a European diplomat might be a disgrace but diplomatic immunity is necessary.

Eva Tvarozkova doesn't have to pay the rent she owes, or the damage she's done, to the $1500 a week property.

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Our Foreign Affairs mounted a case on her behalf and the Tenancy Tribunal agreed.

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters told Larry Williams diplomatic immunity is very important.

That's because diplomats could become the victims of a legal or political attack, have their lives threatened or property taken over.

"But now and again you get a downside like this one, where somebody has taken on a tenancy, is not paying up and the rules that apply to every other landlord-tenant relationship don't apply to them."

LISTEN ABOVE AS WINSTON PETERS SPEAKS WITH LARRY WILLIAMS 

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