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On May 13, Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack stated that the country seeks “patience” in its relationship with mainland China, but also aims to “broaden its trade interests” and “diversify their markets” to include other countries.
The comments come after China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), which is part of the State Council, decided on May 6, to “indefinitely stop all operations” under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue (CASED), which began in June 2014 and included yearly consultations between the NDRC and Australia’s Treasurer and Trade Minister, despite the fact that no exchanges have taken place since 2017.
A magistrates’ court has ordered the police to investigate “thousands” of images retrieved from a camera hidden inside a ladies’ bathroom discovered during money-laundering investigations.
The snippet of information was divulged in court on Monday when criminal proceedings resumed against Florinda Sultana and Albert Buttigieg who are currently pleading not guilty to involvement in the running of two fish restaurants, allegedly used to launder funds linked to oil smuggling.
When testifying against Buttigieg, IT expert Martin Bajada said that his task had consisted in examining some 32 electronic devices, which yielded 458 gigabytes of data collected in 81 boxes of evidence.
Of all the devices seized during police raids, only three pen drives and a laptop hard disk were relevant for further investigations for money-laundering purposes.
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Norma Mngoma – the estranged wife of former government Minister Malusi Gigaba – has returned to the State Capture Commission for another instalment of what is arguably the corruption saga’s most scandalous subplot.
Mngoma hung her husband out to dry when she last appeared at the commission, providing the commission and its Chair, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, with jaw-dropping accounts of the couple’s extensive dealings with the Gupta family during his time in government.
Affidavit details scrutinised
Evidence leader Anton Myburgh kicked-off his examination of Mngoma by clarifying several parts of her initial affidavit, which her council had told the commission needed amending.
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