New Zealand’s Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is moving forward with plans to amend the Crimes Act to allow retailers to detain shoplifters using “reasonable force,” despite being met with opposition from the police, the union representing shop workers, and Retail NZ, which expressed “grave fears.”
The idea came from the $3.6 million Ministerial Advisory Group on Crime, chaired by former National and Labour candidate Sunny Kaushal, who earns $920 daily for his role.
