ALP takes 'illegal' tobacco donations from big Chinese cigarette importer

Updated July 31 2017 - 8:33am, first published 8:19am
Labor senator Sam Dastyari during the NSW State Labor Conference on Saturday. Photo: Jeremy Piper
Labor senator Sam Dastyari during the NSW State Labor Conference on Saturday. Photo: Jeremy Piper

A director of a tobacco company that is suspected of smuggling cigarettes has donated $400,000 to the Labor Party, possibly breaching NSW law and the ALP's own ban on taking tobacco industry funds.

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