The man at the centre of the Ryde planning controversy, deputy mayor Simon Zhou, and his associates have been named as contributing to a mysterious $50,000 cash donation to the Labor Party, flagged as suspicious by the NSW corruption watchdog.
The donation was banked on April 20, 2016, after a Chinese Friends of Labor fundraiser, despite the party not knowing who had given the money.
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