An outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party’s influence on Australian politics says he was turned back from Shanghai when trying to return his father’s ashes to his homeland with his mother.
Former Parramatta city councillor John Hugh said he asked the officials who met him at the airport their reasoning, to which they allegedly responded, “You should know.”
Mr Hugh is a supporter of the Federal Government’s new espionage bill aimed at regulating foreign influence, and criticizes the Communist Party in a book ‘Silent Invasion’ by ANU academic Clive Hamilton about China’s influence on Australian politics.