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The Tru-Youths were for a time directed by his daughter Linda. According to the South China Morning Post, after the 2013 warning the Tru-Youths helped “orchestrate large-scale Chinese community events for the party that are believed to have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars.”

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Blaine Calkins, Conservative MP and ethics critic, said the allegations fit in with the so-called “cash for access” questions the Liberals have recently faced in Parliament, in connection to donations from wealthy and politically connected foreigners.

Calkins said: “If what is being reported is true … Canadians would be surprised the Liberal party is basically working with this individual to raise money.”

Ching’s name was publicized internationally in 2015 after he was named on China’s political corruption wanted list. But years before China’s case against Ching was revealed, he quietly came to Vancouver and became a prominent developer. As Postmedia has reported, while working with former Liberal MP and top party fundraiser Raymond Chan, Ching and his daughter Linda rose quickly in Liberal power circles, around the time that Trudeau announced his party leadership run in 2012.

The Post cites an email leaked by a former Liberal executive that shows since December 2013 a number of Liberals were warned via email about Ching’s alleged background. It says the 2013 email identifies Ching’s Canadian name and his alternative identity in China, and says that Canadian authorities are seeking to expel him, while Chinese authorities actively pursue him.