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When Premier Christy Clark accused the NDP of trying to illegally hack into the B.C. Liberal website, one obvious question was left hanging in the air:

Where’s the proof?

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That’s the question that confronted Clark on Wednesday — and her response was a bizarre one.

“I don’t know the answer to that,” she said.

Say what? Hacking into a private computer system is a criminal offence in Canada, punishable by up to 10 years in jail.

Making such a claim without evidence is reckless in the extreme, but Clark continued to suggest the New Democrats had possibly done it.

“It’s illegal. It’s a criminal act,” Clark said. “Whether or not they would admit to doing it, I don’t know.”

That triggered an angry rebuke from NDP leader John Horgan.

“These are falsehoods,” Horgan fumed. “These are fabrications. She’s making this up.”

But, by the afternoon, there was yet another twist.

The Liberals released a statement saying one of several attempts to hack into the party’s website originated from a computer at the parliament buildings.