Australian MP Ernest Wong Instructed Donor to Tell Corruption Inquiry He ‘Helped Stop Chinatown Triads’

Australian MP Ernest Wong Instructed Donor to Tell Corruption Inquiry He ‘Helped Stop Chinatown Triads’
Ernest Wong leaves the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) public inquiry into allegations concerning political donations in Sydney on Aug. 30, 2019. AAP Image/Dean Lewins
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Former Australian state MP Ernest Wong forwarded a letter to a Chinatown waitress’ husband to demand he tell a private anti-corruption hearing the NSW Labor politician had led efforts to rid the precinct of Chinese triads, an inquiry has heard.

Teresa Tam, who worked casually at Emperor’s Garden noodle bar and was a listed $10,000 (US$7,000) cash donor at a 2015 Chinese Friends of Labor dinner, appeared before the Independent Commission Against Corruption on Sept. 24.