ICAC Operation Rosny LIVE updates: Former Toplace lawyer Sharangan Maheswaran to resume evidence about Jean Nassif recordings

Hello and welcome to another day of the ICAC’s Operation Rosny public hearings.

I’m state politics reporter Jessica McSweeney, and I’ll be bringing you all the latest updates as they happen inside the hearing room.

Today former Toplace lawyer and Strathfield councillor Sharangan Maheswaran returns to the witness box after a long day of questioning yesterday about his use of private investigators, and a secret recording made by his former boss Jean Nassif, which purported to show evidence of an extortion attempt.

Yesterday Maheswaran protested that a transcript, prepared by the ICAC of a recorded conversation between Nassif and his supposed extorter, did not reflect the evidence he believed was on the tape. This morning we’re likely to hear the actual audio played to the commission to get to the bottom of what really happened in that meeting.