In the recording made in March this year during a visit to News UK's London headquarters, he described payments "to cops" for news tips as a practice "that's been going on for a hundred years".
He described payments he made to the 64-year-old as "voluntary thanks".
Although the most important laws and amendments were available in English, it is possible that our legal review omitted documents which describe payment control procedures and exist only in the Romanian language.
Although Demeter doesn't have a web presence, it appears to operate from the same address and same suite as the entities associated with the Koch data operation (the nonprofit Themis Trust and its for-profit arm i360), according to the address on FEC filings describing payments to Demeter.
Mr. Smith described the payment as "an improper transaction" that had been concealed.
In an ABC 7.30 story revealing the about-face, Wilkie described the payment as a bribe.
He described the payment as a safety net: "It is the bottom.
King described the payment of £5m to recoup a loan from Sports Direct in November to keep the club solvent as an "unanticipated investment".
Zhang Kai, a lawyer who has been advising the family, said the government had described the payment as an allowance, when it should have been compensation.
The company also said the penalty was not calculated on a per-barrel basis, although government officials described the payment in those terms.
