National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has come to the defence of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) Shane Dalling after the opposition People’s National Party called for his resignation in the wake of a report from the Integrity Commission (IC) on the operations of the entity.

The findings of an IC probe were tabled in Parliament on Tuesday after being held by the leadership of Parliament for some seven weeks. They detail severe Firearm Licensing Authority data manipulation, revealing that an employee falsified electronic records to target a prominent licensed dealer when he, among other things, logged that a dead man had purchased ammunition.

Director of Investigation Kevon Stephenson concluded in his report that well-known licensed firearm dealer Kent Brown was targeted by the FLA, following an assessment of the authority’s records.