![]() In December 2020, WeChat removed a post from Morrison that defended Australia's investigation into allegations of war crimes perpetrated by Australian soldiers. "We haven't experienced any such censorship," he said. That year, Morrison was asked by reporters whether there was a risk his account could be censored by the Chinese Communist Party. Morrison first launched his WeChat account to communicate with Australia's sizable Chinese-Australian community ahead of the country's last federal election in 2019. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke and Coalition MP Gladys Liu have joined the boycott. Paterson called on Australian politicians to boycott WeChat in response. "What the Chinese government has done by shutting down the prime minister's account is effectively foreign interference in our democracy," James Paterson told 2GB radio on Monday. There was no immediate comment from Morrison but a senator from his ruling centre-right Liberal Party accused Beijing of being behind the change. It's understood the Australian prime minister had a Weixin account, which needs to be registered by someone in mainland China, rather than a WeChat account, which can be accessed by overseas users.įuzhuo 985's legal representative Huang Aipeng told SBS on Monday that the purchase of the account was legal. However the account has posts dating back to February 1, 2019, including Morrison's first, which reads: "I'm very happy to open my official WeChat account". The name was registered by Fuzhou 985 Technology Co., Ltd. Morrison's account on the Chinese social media app, which was launched in February 2019, appears to have been replaced with one titled "Australian Chinese new life."
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