In August last year, Victor Perton, then a Liberal member of State Parliament, sent an email to all 128 state MPs. It also ended up with an unintended recipient.
The email invited MPs to a briefing on a report, compiled by a former Canadian MP, on allegations that the Chinese Government was “harvesting” organs from executed prisoners.
Within hours, the Chinese Consul-General in Melbourne, Liang Shugen, had a copy of Perton’s email.
According to Perton, Liang then composed his own email to state MPs, pressing them not to attend the briefing. [Full Text]