Australian PM Knew of CCP Sonar Attack Before Meeting Xi

Published on January 25, 2024

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese knew of an incident in which a Chinese warship had used its sonar against Australian Navy divers before he met Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping in San Francisco, emails released to the ABC reveal. They were obtained under Freedom of Information laws (FOI). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Assistant Secretary Edwina Stevens wrote on Nov. 15 that the head of Military Strategic Commitments had provided her an outline of what had happened about 24 hours prior. Her email states that while in the East China Sea, “The HMAS Toowoomba was en route to Japan … It was trailed by a PLA (People’s Liberation Army) warship. [The Australian ship’s] underside became tangled in some fishing nets and debris so it had to stop to clear....

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