Police raid home of man employed by an Australian politician
The raid of John Zhangs home is part of a foreign interference probe into whether he was working to advance ‘Chinese state interests’
05 August 2020 - 13:10
Sydney — Australian federal police raided the home and office of a man employed by an Australian politician as part of a foreign interference investigation into whether he was working to advance “Chinese state interests”, according to court documents.
The disclosure is made in documents lodged on Monday in Australia’s high court by the employee, John Zhang, who is seeking to quash the search warrants used by police and the return of seized computer evidence...
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