A regional councillor and former state Labor candidate is facing charges in a South Australian court involving serious sex and violence offences.
Following his election loss, he secured a Renmark Paringa councillor positionRenmark Paringa councillor Sim Singh-Malhi faced the Berri Magistrates Court — in the state's Riverland region — on the charges today.
Mr Singh-Malhi is also the one-time Labor candidate for Chaffey, who ran against Liberal MP Tim Whetstone in the 2018 state election.South Australian Labor leader Peter Malinauskas said he is pushing for Mr Singh-Malhi's eviction from the party.
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