Former Chinese military man behind export of tonnes of medical supplies

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INVESTIGATION: A former Chinese military officer worked with Chinese Communist Party agencies and a group with links to organised crime to export tonnes of Australian medical supplies to Wuhan at the height of the coronavirus epidemic there

, but this is the first time an explicit link can be made to Chinese influence activities in Australia. The efforts of Chinese companies to help their compatriots back home may have contributed to shortages of products in Australia, particularly masks, which are concerning medical experts.

Mr Kuang has since ramped up efforts to donate medical supplies to the Australian government, according to Chinese news reports and WeChat posts. Over the past fortnight, Mr Kuang has been organising means to send Australian milk powder, meat and produce to China and import desperately needed medical equipment into Australia on return flights. WeChat posts show he has been was working with Chinese officials to get approval to charter a flight to bring medical supplies to Australia.

But Mr Kuang is also operating to further Beijing’s strategic aims and reputation, including building political influence in Australia. Statements issued by Mr Kuang or his backers to Chinese language media outlets reveal that since February, he has sought to merge several United Front groups to form a mega "alliance" able to draw on "support from the Chinese embassy in Canberra".Mr Kuang also appears to be seeking to profit by exporting Australian meat and produce to China.

 

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And while this was happening whoever he purchased these off didn’t see it as a red flag 🚩?

Shameful. He should be prosecuted for criminal negligence.

Put him in jail

Why is he here

ASIO fell asleep!

This was being done legally by Chinese businessmen and allowed by our government. A government compromised by Chinese influence.

China needs to compensate the world over for this mess.. letting a virus slip out and kill people and sicken others. They are ruining the world. How can they then pretend to say they are helping the world.

Legislation is just not happening in Canberra.. Canberra is too small to realise what is going on in their own Country. The Media tell the Government what is going on in this country. Now all Australians know why we can't buy disinfectant in the stores and our own medical supply

Aussies! target on these communist regime CCP members! CCP has been infiltrating & weakening 🇦🇺 all the time. CCP must be accountable for all of our losses!TakeDownCCP CCPVirus CCPLiedPeopleDied CCPisnotChinese

No surprises there!!

ecobard Yeah not just China... Europe etc. D_LittleproudMP needs to put a halt to all profiteering including loo paper! He needs the ATO to look into it for tax fraud as well. This SHOULD have been done a month ago!

Expel him if we can.

I think this guy is managing to order some medical supplies for Australia now due to the current pandemic.

I'm a Chinese and a friend of mine is organizing some donation on medical supplies for Monash Health and Eastern Health in the Chinese community. I donated some bulks too. This article makes me feel it's not worthy.

China bought it with money Little Australia should be grateful! If not China money, Australia won't survive

Don't be foolish racial discrimination and provoking racial give China a few tons of medical supplies and China will give you hundreds or thousands of tons of medical supplies and now we need to defeat this virus

I'm thinking that was around the same time some of us were going to the rugby on Saturdays and Hillsong on Sundays. If only we'd had some warning there'd be a need for these medical supplies...... If only our government had known there was a global pandemic........oh wait...

WLudbey Another headline. China sells supplies to Australia, then arranges to buy them back when faced with a deadly virus epidemic, whilst Australia shrugs and goes 'She'll be right cobber, it's summer here.'

France just put down a massive order from China, any conspiracy behind that? German too. It’s called international trade! Man is chasing for profit. Just IMPORT from China, they did NOT ban export to Australia. Simple isn’t it?

The richest medical supplies of the country now is China. When did this happen? Last year? Or January? Post the old news for what?

Shame on Ages! Right now you are making two countries into opposite side. And making Australian hates Chinese? First, trading is not a criminal! Secondly, why Australian custom allow him export the goods to China?

Chinese says working in Australia

Underbelly

How many of these agents does China have in Australia WAKE Up Australia

Chinese regime = nazi regime ....no difference

Most of medical supplies are made in China.

Strong recommend that Australia government should send this Chinese army back to where is him belongs 😡

It’s long past time to boycott Chinese goods.

Are you kidding me they won’t buy our export of lobster etc etc but he is send OS the exact supplies Australia is desperate for shame shame shameful ScottMorrisonMP please you need to handle this and show us and the world that we are your priority. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

What the fuck does ASIO do again

Fine and jail him!

ScottMorrisonMP AlboMP AdamBandt The Australian government needs to do something about this ASAP. They take all our baby formula from Australian mothers who need it. Now they're taking our medical supplies when we all need it. What when they own our land & water? Australia

It's called capatilism r-tards, how is this even journalism?

anyone questioned GladysLuiMP ? time she was brought in to explain

Organised medical supplies through unorthodox channels during a health crisis. Sounds like a resourceful fucken hero 🙌🏻

Say, does Mr Huang's company have a diversity and inclusion plan?

Shameful.

Trump, when asked about Chinese misinformation about coronavirus, on Fox News: 'They do it and we do it... Every country does that.'

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