Defecting Chinese spy who revealed espionage in Australia has ‘legitimate claim for asylum’, Labor says
Wang ‘William’ Liqiang reportedly gave statement to Asio detailing Chinese operations in Australia
The Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, says a Chinese spy who has offered a trove of intelligence information to Australia may have “a legitimate claim for asylum”.
On Saturday, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age revealed a Chinese spy who claimed to have been involved in political interference in Hong Kong and Taiwan had held a number of meetings with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and was seeking to defect.