Dotcom drops out of his party’s NZ election bid

WELLINGTON: Kim Dotcom’s Internet Party in New Zealand unveiled plans yesterday to contest the September general election, but the mogul, who is fighting extradition to the United States, will not be involved.

In a statement on its website, the Internet Party said Dotcom had resigned from its executive committee and was no longer involved in operational decisionmaking.

“As such, Kim Dotcom has no advance knowledge that we are issuing this statement,” it said in confirming “we are currently preparing our campaign for the 2017 New Zealand general election”. — AFP