Hong Kong activist Ted Hui welcome to campaign in Australia, says head of government intelligence committee


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SYDNEY (REUTERS) - Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Ted Hui is welcome to campaign on political issues in Australia and his arrival was not a matter for China, the chair of the Australian Parliament's intelligence committee said on Thursday (March 11). In the first comments from an Australian government member since Hui arrived from London on Monday, the chairman of the Parliament's committee on intelligence and security, James Paterson, said immigration policy was a "purely domestic sovereign issue for Australia". Hui, who fled Hong Kong late last year after facing criminal charges over democracy protests, said he moved from London to...