Chinese diplomat seeks asylum in Australia

Australia will consider a Chinese diplomat’s request for political asylum on its merits, Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said today.

Sun, 05 Jun, 2005 - 12:48

Australia will consider a Chinese diplomat’s request for political asylum on its merits, Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said today.

Chen Yonglin, 37, the consul for political affairs at the consulate-general in Sydney, said yesterday that he had walked out of the mission a week ago.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Australia Place: Sydney Place: Beijing Place: Canberra Person: Immigration Minister Person: Amanda Vanstone Person: Chen Yonglin Person: Chen Person: Qiu Shaofang Event: Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests Organisation: Australia Organisation: Beijing Organisation: Ten Network Organisation: China

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