Australian court jails man for foreign interference in favor of China

MELBOURNE -- An Australian court on Thursday handed down the first sentence under a new foreign interference law over a plot to influence a federal minister for China's benefit.

Di Sanh "Sunny" Duong, who was convicted in December of "preparing for, or planning, a foreign interference offense," was sentenced by Victorian County Court Judge Richard Maidment to a maximum of two years and nine months in prison, eligible for release after 12 months.