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Chinese-Australian billionaire and prolific political donor Chau Chak Wing told the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2016 that $200,000 his company wired to an allegedly corrupt United Nations chief was a donation to âalleviate povertyâ, Parliament has heard.
FBI documents tabled in Federal Parliament on Tuesday afternoon reveal how the US domestic intelligence service used emails and financial records to trace $200,000 sent by Mr Chauâs company, Kingold Investments, to a personal bank account set up by John Ashe, the now deceased former president of the UN General Assembly.
Chau Chak Wing outside the Federal Court in 2018.
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The tabling of the FBI case file by Liberal MP Tim Wilson with the backing of Labor MP Julian Hill is the second time Australian politicians have used parliamentary privilege to accuse Mr Chau of involvement in a bribery scandal and the Chinese Communist Partyâs overseas influence activities.