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Melbourne businessman Di Sanh Duong the first to be prosecuted under 2018 laws, over a $37,000 hospital donation

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A Melbourne businessman has become the first person found guilty of preparing or planning an act of foreign interference under recent federal laws, over a $37,000 hospital donation.

Di Sanh Duong, 68, faced a month-long jury trial in Melbourne’s county court after being first person charged under federal laws, created in 2018, which ban covert foreign interference in domestic politics.