Sydney Councillors Reportedly Under Investigation for Alleged Misconduct After Trip to China

Sydney Councillors Reportedly Under Investigation for Alleged Misconduct After Trip to China
Forest Road in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville in July 22, 2017. (Philip Terry Graham [(CC BY 2.0)]/Flickr)
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The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that two councillors in Sydney, Australia, are said to be under investigation for alleged misconduct following a trip they took to China with a developer whose projects they helped advance without declaring any conflict of interest.

A spokesperson for Georges River Council told The Herald that the pair, two of Hurstville’s former mayors, Labor’s Vince Badalati and the Liberal’s Con Hindi, have since been referred to the state’s corruption watchdog over the April 2016 trip to Tangshan in China’s Hebei province.

Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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