NSW Labor candidate Khal Asfour withdraws from election after media report about overseas expense claim

Canterbury Bankstown mayor had recently been cleared of allegations made by a former Labor MP in parliament

The New South Wales Labor candidate Khal Asfour has withdrawn from the upcoming election after media reports detailing expenses he claimed while on an overseas trip for a Sydney council.

Asfour, the Canterbury Bankstown mayor who was to run for the upper house, said through a spokesperson he had been subjected to a vicious smear campaign" and would pull out from the race with two months until polling day.

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