The Integrity Commission has concluded that the database of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) was manipulated, with records showing a man purchasing 2,000 rounds of ammunition nearly three weeks after his death.

The finding forms part of a long-awaited report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday and emerged from the commission’s investigation into allegations of corruption, impropriety, and irregularity at the FLA that became the centre of a fierce political dispute in recent weeks after Opposition members accused Parliament’s presiding officers of delaying its tabling.

According to investigators, four entries were made to the Licence Management System (LMS) account of firearms dealer Kent Brown, who operates a firearm business, showing three individuals purchasing a combined 6,000 rounds of 12-gauge, bird-hunting ammunition.