Charity Commission statement in response to George Galloway's evidence to US Senate Sub-Committee 17 May 05.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-18 May 2005-UK Government: Charity Commission statement in response to George Galloway's evidence to US Senate Sub-Committee 17 May 05(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17052005 Although we have not yet seen a transcript of Mr Galloway's evidence to the US Senate Sub-Committee today, we understand that his comments included the following: 1) The Mariam Appeal, founded by Mr Galloway, was subject to a Charity Commission investigation in which all money in and all money out of the Mariam account was looked at and no impropriety was found.

2) The Charity Commission investigation into the Mariam Appeal found no donation from any oil company. The Charity Commission would like to restate a number of points of fact regarding its inquiry....