British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Tuesday that the donations by a rich property developer through middlemen to the Labor Party would be returned.
At a regular monthly news conference, he said he had "no knowledge" of a 600,000-pound donation (about 1.3 million U.S. dollars) from David Abrahams.
The money could "not be justified," he said. "The money was not lawfully declared so it will be returned," he added.
Labor Party's General Secretary Peter Watt resigned after it emerged that Abrahams donated the money to the party over four years under three associates' names.
The Electoral Commission is investigating whether the donations breached the Political Parties and Referendums Act 2000 and has confirmed it has been "in touch" with the Crown Prosecution Service.
By law, those making donations on behalf of others must give details of who is providing the money. Abrahams donated the money through his colleagues Janet Kidd, Ray Ruddick and solicitor John McCarthy.
David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative Party, accused the government of demonstrating "an indifference for the law" over issues like the donations.
Source:Xinhua
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