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Businessman gave fake Rolex watches as gifts to politicians
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Aussie ex-PM gifted designer watches worth HK$221k each, accepted them believing they were fake
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 10 February, 2016, 4:16pm
UPDATED : Wednesday, 10 February, 2016, 4:16pm
AP
The real thing: a Rolex akin to the watches given to some of Australia’s top leaders. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Australia’s former prime minister and two other politicians were gifted designer watches by a Chinese businessman — but initially kept them only because they thought the AU$40,000 (HK$221,000) timepieces were fake.
The Herald Sun newspaper reported Wednesday that former Prime Minister Tony Abbott and fellow Liberal party lawmakers Stuart Robert and Ian Macfarlane received the watches in 2013 when their party was in opposition. Macfarlane told the paper that a representative of China’s Li Guancheng Investment Group gave them the watches in a plastic bag during an informal dinner.
Macfarlane said they believed the watches were fake. Then last year a fellow lawmaker with a real Rolex pointed out the watch Macfarlane wore looked genuine. After realising it was, Macfarlane said he, Abbott and Robert returned the watches.
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