A former Sydney councillor tells a corruption inquiry a Chinese property developer paid for his escort in China and secretly filmed him with the woman to 'blackmail' him.
A former Sydney councillor has told a corruption inquiry a Chinese property developer paid for his escort in China and secretly filmed him with the woman to "blackmail" him.
The videos were secretly recorded by property developer Ching Wah Uy, whose company was the builder of a $29 million Treacy Street project in Hurstville — an 11-storey mixed-use apartment block. The councillor told the inquiry he believed Mr Uy paid for the escort as he could not recall paying himself."Having seen [the videos] I believe it was a blackmail tool," he said.
Last month, Mr Badalati told the probe he accepted bribes of $70,000 from Mr Uy in exchange for his support of the Treacy Street project and another $100,000 for the Landmark Square development — a complex of 19-storey residential buildings.
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