Convicted CCP Figure Could Go to Jail for Attempting to Influence Minister

Di Sanh ‘Sunny’ Duong was convicted in December of attempting to buy influence with then-Liberal Minister Alan Tudge, he faces 10 years in jail.

Former Liberal Party candidate Di Sanh Duong leaves the County Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 20, 2023. AAP Image/Joel Carrett

Di Sanh “Sunny” Duong—the first person to be convicted of planning to commit an act of foreign interference in Australia—is fighting to avoid jail.

His lawyers have argued that his offending was “unsophisticated” and argued he would be unlikely to re-offend now that he has been “outed.”