1.媒體來源: ABC
2.記者署名: Matthew Doran
3.完整新聞標題:
Melbourne man becomes first charged under foreign interference laws
4.完整新聞內文:
The 65-year-old Melbourne man who has become the first person charged in Austral
ia under foreign interference laws is a prominent member of Victoria's South-Eas
t Asian Chinese community and belongs to groups connected to China's overseas in
fluence efforts.
The Australian Federal Police charged Duong Di Sanh, also known as Sunny Duong,
with preparing to commit foreign interference.
The offence carries a potential jail term of 10 years, but the exact nature of h
is alleged offences is not yet know.
Sunny Duong is the deputy chairperson of the Museum of Chinese Australian Histor
y in Melbourne, and is the President of the Oceania Federation of Chinese Organi
sations from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos Inc.
Mr Duong has been linked with the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Na
tional Reunification — which is affiliated with the Chinese Government's overse
as influence arm, the United Front Work Department.
Mr Duong appeared next to Acting Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Minister
Alan Tudge at a press conference in June, when he handed over a cheque for more
than $37,000 to the Royal Melbourne Hospital to help with coronavirus research
and preparation.
There is no suggestion Mr Tudge has any involvement with Mr Duong beyond that me
eting.
He was released on bail to an address in the Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills af
ter he appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday afternoon.
His next court date is in March next year.
Neighbours have confirmed his identity, and told the ABC that police were at the
house for about seven hours on October 16. Police were also at the home on Thur
sday morning.
Police said the charges followed a year-long investigation by the Counter Foreig
n Interference Taskforce, led by domestic spy agency ASIO and the AFP.
AFP Deputy Commissioner Ian McCartney said the man was the first to be charged w
ith a foreign interference offence since the laws were passed in 2018.
"The CFI Taskforce has taken preventative action to disrupt this individual at a
n early stage," Deputy Commissioner McCartney said.
"Foreign interference is contrary to Australia's national interest, it goes to t
he heart of our democracy.
"It is corrupting and deceptive, and goes beyond routine diplomatic influence pr
acticed by governments."
The laws, which were rushed through Parliament in 2018, were designed to strengt
hen foreign espionage offences, and force people working for foreign companies a
nd governments to declare their activities.
Intelligence chiefs have repeatedly warned that the threat of foreign interfere
nce has been intensifying.
In its annual report, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) w
arns "almost every sector of Australian society is a potential target of foreign
interference, and the threat manifests itself in different but equally unaccept
able ways".
In June, the Australian Federal Police and intelligence agents raided the home
and parliamentary office of NSW Upper House MP Shaoquett Moselmane as part of a
separate foreign interference investigation into his part-time staffer John Zha
ng.
Mr Zhang has denied any wrongdoing and launched a High Court challenge to the
validity of the investigation. Mr Moselmane has said that he is not a focus of t
hat investigation.
Australian authorities also revoked the two visas of two Chinese scholars and
raided the homes of four Chinese journalists.
簡翻:
Sunny董, 澳洲東南岸最大華社的領頭羊，
面臨澳洲政府以外國代理人干涉法起訴。
他領導的(中越柬寮)中華民族協和會，被
認為直隸於中共海外統戰部
在為期一年的調查後，ASIO(澳國國安局)
和AFP(澳國聯邦警察)聯合執行了逮捕
董將可能面臨十年刑期
澳國的代理人法立於2018年，旨在調查揭
露外國政府的滲透行為。
5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
https://tinyurl.com/y38bu5dz
6.備註:
文末整理了目前被以這套法規調查.遣返，
和拒絕核發簽證的恰好都是支那人
啊我們那套大概弄一弄的啥時起作用?