Former CFMEU boss John Setka defends actions towards Leo Skourdoumbis

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Former CFMEU boss John Setka has defended dropping a suitcase bearing the words “Leo the Dog” outside the house of CFMEU assistant national secretary Leo Skourdoumbis.

Speaking on Channel Seven’s Spotlight program on Sunday night, the controversial union figure alleged he lived nearby and the baggage belonged to Skourdoumbis.

“Returning a suitcase to someone that is owned by them is a threat now is it?” Setka said. “If that’s intimidating, I think people maybe oughta drink a cup of concrete and harden up a little bit. I mean, that was his suitcase, and I returned his suitcase.”

The suitcase that CFMEU assistant national secretary Leo Skourdoumbis says John Setka left on his driveway.
The suitcase that CFMEU assistant national secretary Leo Skourdoumbis says John Setka left on his driveway. Photo: The Australian Financial Review.

Setka resigned as secretary of the Victorian and Tasmanian branch of the CFMEU in July following questions sent to his office by The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Financial Review and 60 minutes at the start of its Building Bad investigation into alleged corruption, standover tactics and links to organised crime.

Every branch in the country was placed into administration on Friday, August 23 after the Commonwealth secured the passage of legislation that would allow a takeover of the union for up to three years.

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald.

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