The Labour Party says it has received money from two of the people facing charges in relation to National Party donations but says they were above board.

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Labour Party president Claire Szabo said in a statement that Zheng Hengjia donated $10,000 by buying a piece of art at a silent auction in April 2017.

Additionally Zheng Shijia donated $1940 in 2018.

Szabo said both were included as donations in the Labour Party return filed in the respective years.

The two men, along with Jami-Lee Ross and Zhang Yikun, face charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office in relation to two $100,000 donations made to the National Party in 2017 and 2018.