SYDNEY -- A Chinese Communist Party-linked group has mobilized volunteers to support an independent candidate ahead of Saturday's federal election in Australia, a video indicates, spurring allegations of foreign election interference.
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Monique Ryan, center, an independent member of the Australian parliament, visits an early-voting center in Melbourne on May 1. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett)
SYDNEY -- A Chinese Communist Party-linked group has mobilized volunteers to support an independent candidate ahead of Saturday's federal election in Australia, a video indicates, spurring allegations of foreign election interference.