NSW Labor candidate Khal Asfour cleared of wrongdoing after allegations were made in parliament

Investigation finds no evidence' of corrupt or illegal behaviour by the Canterbury Bankstown mayor

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New South Wales Labor upper house candidate Khal Asfour has been cleared of any wrongdoing over claims raised in parliament that he was involved in furthering the interests of corrupt former MP Eddie Obeid.

The investigation by prominent Sydney silk Arthur Moses SC was launched last year after former Labor MP Tania Mihailuk used parliamentary privilege to allege Asfour, the mayor of Canterbury Bankstown, had been an acolyte" of Obeid's and had attempted to help further his family's interests over a car park redevelopment.