Australians with Iranian, Chinese, Cambodian, Rwandan and Indian backgrounds have reported foreign agents harassing and assaulting them on local soil.
Australians targeted by autocratic regimes on our shores will be protected and sensitive technology cordoned off in major changes to stop countries such as China and Iran from meddling in the nation’s affairs., Chinese, Cambodian, Rwandan and Indian backgrounds have reported foreign agents harassing and assaulting them on local soil in recent years.
In one case cited by the source, a foreign agent hired an Australian private investigator to snoop around the home of a target and asked how much it would cost to have them “disappeared”.The source was unwilling to divulge which nation was behind the alleged plot. Another scheme involved luring a human rights activist overseas to try to harm them.
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