Bennelong candidate appears to distance himself from Liberal party with Chinese-language ad

Exclusive: WeChat ad narrow-cast to Chinese-Australian community spruiks Scott Yung's independent thinking'

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The Liberal candidate for Bennelong, Scott Yung, appears to be distancing himself from the party as a paid ad tells the Chinese-Australian diaspora that he does not blindly follow" instructions, highlighting his previous criticism of Scott Morrison.

A Chinese language ad, launched on the Australian Financial News WeChat page on Thursday morning, carried the headline He once publicly criticised his party leader" and highlighted Yung's independent thinking".

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