Defence chief issues warning to Australians living in #China , reveals why expats should return home | #Aussie #expats
Australians living in China are being urged to return home and be extremely careful abroad after a Chinese consular official was named in a national police investigation.
Former senior Defence official and diplomat Allan Behm issued the stern warning on Thursday after documents revealed the Australian Federal Police were investigating Chinas Sydney consulate, Sun Yantao.
Officials were looking into whether he conspired with John Zhisen Zhang, a policy adviser to New South Wales Upper House Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane, to infiltrate the Labor Party and influence voters.
Former senior Defence official and diplomat Allan Behm (pictured) issued the stern warning on Thursday after documents revealed the Australian Federal Police were investigating Chinas Sydney consulate, Sun Yantao
Australians living in China are being urged to return home and be extremely careful abroad after a Chinese consular official was named in a national police investigation. Pictured: An expat and locals in Guangzhou
It needs to warn Australians who are in China that they must be extremely careful - that they must do nothing that attracts attention or that might otherwise provoke the Chinese Government, he said, ABC reported.