At Australia's election in May, Ms Gladys Liu won a seat in Melbourne to become Australia's first Chinese-born MP - a development widely celebrated as a welcome milestone for the growing Chinese-Australian community.
But Ms Liu's presence in Parliament has now been mired in controversy, and her loyalties have been questioned after it emerged that she was a member of a pro-Beijing organisation, the China Overseas Exchange Association.
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