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Tara Cosoleto

DARK SECRETS: Gift to reduce anti chinese sentiment | Vintage Vibes

Di Sanh Duong is the first person charged under Australia's foreign interference laws. (AAP)

A Chinese community leader accused of using a $37,000 hospital donation to gain influence over the Australian government says he was only trying to reduce anti-Chinese sentiment.

Prosecutors allege Di Sanh Duong, 67, made the donation to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2020 as a way to interfere with a federal minister on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party.

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