Prime Minister Claims that China Tried to Infiltrate A Spy into Australia’s Parliament
It is very convenient that the alleged spy that China tried to plant turned up dead:
ROD MCGUIRK/AP
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Monday that allegations of a Chinese plot to plant an agent into Australia’s Parliament are “deeply disturbing and troubling.”
The Nine Network on Sunday aired explosive accusations that suspected Chinese operatives had offered Melbourne luxury car dealer Bo “Nick” Zhao 1 million Australian dollars ($679,000) to run as a candidate for a parliamentary seat in Melbourne.
The 32-year-old was found dead in a Melbourne hotel room in March after reportedly approaching ASIO, Australia’s counterespionage agency. Police have been unable to determine how he died.
“The government has never been more determined to keep Australians free and safe from foreign interference,” Morrison told reporters. “I would caution anyone leaping to any conclusions about these matters.”
Associated Press
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What a waste of 1 million Australian dollars. Just get a “progressive” staff assistant hired as a liberal Member of Parliament’s driver/clerk, and then collect all the intelligence you want. That is essentially how Senator Feinstein’s office was infiltrated for 20 years.
Stop all student visas from China, stop all immigration from China. It has been shown time and again how the Chinese use these programs to gain access to then steal industrial and government proprietary data and secrets.