Drew Pavlou, an activist, former Senate candidate and outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party, was ordered by Australian Federal Police to leave Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday or risk arrest if he refused.
“I said, I’m not protesting whatsoever. I’m here to meet with MPs and senators. I showed them the emails that I had [with MPs’ offices] confirming my attendance,” he said. After Pavlou broadcast on social media that he would attempt to re-enter Parliament House at midday on Thursday, he said he was contacted by the AFP advising him that he would be allowed to enter. But he said he was given no further detail as to why he was removed a day earlier.Speaker Milton Dick, who along with Senate president Sue Lines is a presiding officer with responsibility for control and management of Parliament House, has been contacted for comment.
A spokesperson for the AFP confirmed they had “engaged a male at Parliament House yesterday who then departed the building voluntarily”, but declined to say why he was instructed to leave.
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