'Puppeteer' Behind Foreign Interference Plot Named

One of Australia’s biggest political donors has been named in a hearing in the Federal Parliament as being the “puppeteer” behind a foreign interference plot to get political candidates elected in the upcoming Australian election, The Age reported.

Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching used parliamentary privilege on Monday night to suggest to the head of ASIO – Australia’s counter-espionage agency – that the wealthy businessman behind the plot was Chinese-Australian property developer Chau Chak Wing.

Read the full report: The Age.

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Sean O'Meara

Sean O'Meara is an Editor at Asia Financial. He has been a newspaper man for more than 30 years, working at local, regional and national titles in the UK as a writer, sub-editor, page designer and print editor. A football, cricket and rugby fan, he has a particular interest in sports finance.