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With just weeks to go until a fall term begins, student government at University of Ottawa is in chaos, with police investigating allegations of misuse of funds and transfer payments to the student union having been frozen by the university.

During a standing-room-only meeting Sunday, the board of administrators of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa voted to call in forensic auditors to look into the funds administered by the student union.

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The move came after the university began withholding transfer payments to the student federation until its concerns are addressed. The university had called for the forensic audit.

“Protecting the interests of uOttawa students is of primary concern to the University, which wants to ensure that money collected from students is properly managed,” the school said in a news release.

The university’s decision to freeze transfers followed a report in a school newspaper that outgoing SFUO president Hadi Wess had lodged a complaint with police over his suspicions of misuse of funds by other SFUO executives.