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Sam Dastyari told Tanya Plibersek not to meet an Hong Kong democracy activist – report Sam Dastyari told Tanya Plibersek not to meet an Hong Kong democracy activist – report
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The embattled Labor senator Sam Dastyari reportedly tried to persuade the party’s deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek, not to meet an activist who had upset China.The embattled Labor senator Sam Dastyari reportedly tried to persuade the party’s deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek, not to meet an activist who had upset China.
Fairfax Media on Monday reported three sources as saying Dastyari had tried to stop Plibersek from meeting the academic Joseph Cheng Yu-shek during a visit to Hong Kong in January 2015.Fairfax Media on Monday reported three sources as saying Dastyari had tried to stop Plibersek from meeting the academic Joseph Cheng Yu-shek during a visit to Hong Kong in January 2015.
A spokesman for Dastyari has rejected the allegation as “complete rubbish”.A spokesman for Dastyari has rejected the allegation as “complete rubbish”.
The senator was in China at the time on a trip paid for by an organisation controlled by the Communist party-aligned Labor and Coalition political donor and businessman Huang Xiangmo, Fairfax said. A spokesman for Plibersek said her “itinerary in Hong Kong, including a meeting with a prominent pro-democracy activist, went ahead precisely as scheduled – I think that speaks for itself”.“Ms Plibersek doesn’t canvass conversations colleagues may or may not have had with her or her office,” he said.Dastyari was in China at the time on a trip paid for by an organisation controlled by Communist party-aligned Labor and coalition political donor and businessman Huang Xiangmo, Fairfax said.The government has asked the Senate’s privileges committee to investigate Dastyari’s conduct after it was alleged he tipped off Huang that his phone was probably being tapped by Australian agencies.
Plibersek’s meeting with Cheng went ahead.
The government has asked the Senate’s powerful privileges committee to investigate Dastyari’s conduct after it was alleged he tipped off Huang that his phone was probably being tapped by Australian agencies.
The Labor leader, Bill Shorten, has sacked the senator from his parliamentary leadership positions.The Labor leader, Bill Shorten, has sacked the senator from his parliamentary leadership positions.