"The lawyer representing federal MP Craig Thomson says errors in public statements made by the New South Wales Police have damaged his client's case.
Thomson was arrested at his NSW central coast electorate office on Thursday and is facing 150 fraud charges relating to his time as head of the Health Services Union.
Speaking outside the Wyong Police Station soon after the arrest, Detective Superintendent Col Dyson told reporters that Thomson had been invited by Victorian police to "surrender himself" before Christmas but had "refused".
The claim was quickly denied by Thomson's lawyer, Chris McArdle, who said: "We were invited on December 21 to go to Victoria to be interviewed by the police. It is untrue to say that we were invited to go and surrender our client for arrest."
In a statement issued this morning, Detective Superintendent Dyson conceded the words he used were incorrect."
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