Chinese billionaire chasing passport paid Liberal lobbyist who boasted of direct line to Dutton
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Nick McKenzie and Sashka Koloff 6 hrs ago
Chinese Communist Party-aligned billionaire Huang Xiangmo paid tens of thousands of dollars to former Liberal minister Santo Santoro while mounting a back-room campaign to secure Australian citizenship.
In 2016 Mr Santoro arranged a one-on-one meeting for Mr Huang with then-immigration minister Peter Dutton.
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Mr Huang's attempt to get a passport failed and last November, on advice from ASIO that he posed a risk of foreign interference, he was banned from re-entering Australia.