Besieged Liberal MP Gladys Liu did not disclose her membership of organisations linked to the Chinese Government's foreign interference operations when she ran for preselection for the federal seat she now holds.
Key points:
Gladys Liu did not declare links to Chinese Government-affiliated organisations on her preselection forms
Ms Liu has come under siege over her links to a secretive Chinese influence network
Prime Minister Scott Morrison backs Liberal MP Gladys Liu to remain in Parliament
The ABC has obtained the form Ms Liu submitted during the preselection process for the seat of Chisholm, which she won for the Liberal Party at the last federal election.
All preselection candidates are obliged to fill in a section titled General and Community Activities, where they are supposed to list all organisations of which they are or have been a member or active supporter.
Ms Liu listed 17 different organisations, including the Box Hill Chess Club, the Australian Dancing Society and the Rotary Club of Melbourne. She also made reference to having been an honorary president or adviser to "many community organisations".
She did not, however, declare her council membership of two chapters of an organisation called the China Overseas Exchange Association, which the ABC this week reported were part of the Chinese Government's efforts to spread influence overseas.
The ABC has previously reported that Ms Liu was an honorary chair of two other organisations linked to the Chinese Government's United Front Work propaganda and foreign influence activities — the World Trade United Foundation and the United Chinese Commerce Association of Australia.
In her application for endorsement, Ms Liu did not declare her membership of these two organisations either.
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