Huang Xiangmo
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Organised crime
King of the camouflage: Money laundering lawyer joins clients behind bars
Sydney lawyer Sevag Chalabian has been sentenced to 12 years in jail over washing $24 million in blackmail money linked to the Plutus Payroll scam.
- by Kate McClymont
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Editorial
ICAC
ICAC report shines light on urgent need for political donations reform
Political parties have blocked basic rules of governance and transparency, which helped a Chinese billionaire make a $100,000 donation to the ALP.
- The Herald's View
ICAC finds former NSW Labor MP Ernest Wong corrupt
The NSW corruption watchdog has found former Labor MP Ernest Wong engaged in serious corrupt conduct as part of a scheme to circumvent the state’s donation laws.
- by Tom Rabe
Opinion
China relations
Vigilance against foreign influence does not require overzealous suspicion of Chinese-Australians
Our liberal democracy needs citizens engaged in civil society - and that also goes for Chinese-Australians and their community organisations.
- by Jennifer Hsu
Labor’s Kristina Keneally met with head of United Front group
Labor’s home affairs spokeswoman said she didn’t know the man was the head of a peak Chinese propaganda body when she met with him.
- by Anthony Galloway
Communist Party appoints ‘influence agent’ Huang Xiangmo to top Hong Kong post
The 1500 members of the Hong Kong election committee have all been vetted by the Chinese security agencies and will help select almost half the Hong Kong legislature in 2022.
- by Nick McKenzie
Huang Xiangmo takes challenge to asset freeze to the High Court
The one-time major political donor is no longer in Australia but his lawyers are battling an asset freeze related to a $140 million tax judgment.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Opinion
Political donations
Australia’s funpark for felons leaves the nation vulnerable to hostile foreign powers
Casinos are not only ideal for criminals to disguise the origins of their ill-gotten gains. Agents of foreign powers could use them too.
- by Peter Hartcher
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National security
Melbourne man with Liberal Party links charged under foreign interference laws
A Melbourne man with suspected links to Beijing's overseas influence arm has become the first person charged under Australia's landmark foreign interference laws.
- by Anthony Galloway, Paul Sakkal and Nick McKenzie
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CCP influence
Beijing influence or racism? China debate hits Melbourne council elections
A Labor-aligned candidate running in a Melbourne council ward says she no longer wants to win after being accused of being a Chinese agent of influence.
- by Anthony Galloway and Alex Chung
Inside the global alliance attempting to stifle China
The medieval church cloisters in the small Dutch city of Maastricht are an unlikely setting for Chinese Communist Party influence.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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