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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts) Thu Sep 5, 2013, 02:48 PM Sep 2013

'Rupert Murdoch's wife is a Chinese spy'

Australian mining tycoon and election hopeful Clive Palmer has threatened to sue Rupert Murdoch and accused his estranged wife of "spying".

While hitting the breakfast television circuit on Thursday, Palmer also made accusations on the Nine Network's Today show about Murdoch's estranged wife, Wendi Deng.

"You know, Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng is a Chinese spy, and that's been right across the world," he alleged.

"She's been spying on Rupert for years, giving money back to Chinese intelligence. Read the truth about it.

"She was trained in southern China. I'm telling you the truth, I'm telling you the truth.''

A stunned Today host Karl Stefanovic interrupted Palmer, questioning whether he had "lost the plot".

But Palmer continued: "Wendy Deng is a Chinese spy, that's why Rupert Murdoch got rid of her, and that's the truth. And this guy wants tocontrol Australian politics.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/9130313/Rupert-Murdochs-wife-is-a-Chinese-spy

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'Rupert Murdoch's wife is a Chinese spy' (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 OP

She is Chinese, but I would consider her more gold digger than spy though. n/t Cleita Sep 2013 #1

Would have loved to been a fly on the wall when Rupert was told Vinnie From Indy Sep 2013 #2

The Interview Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #3

Agree in the sense that her marrying Rupert was not out of romance. I mean, really... freshwest Sep 2013 #4

'Wendi Deng was a Chinese spy': Eccentric Australian mogul makes bizarre claim on TV about Rupert Mu Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #5

Ah, the Titanic and Jurassic man! Thinks he can buy a seat in parliament, too, does he? freshwest Sep 2013 #7

THU 21 JUL 2011 - Lightning-quick reactions: was Wendi a secret agent? Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #6

Cleita

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1. She is Chinese, but I would consider her more gold digger than spy though. n/t

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Thu Sep 5, 2013, 02:50 PM

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Vinnie From Indy

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2. Would have loved to been a fly on the wall when Rupert was told

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Thu Sep 5, 2013, 02:51 PM

Sep 2013

that "Wendy" was a Chinese agent.

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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)

3. The Interview

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Thu Sep 5, 2013, 02:51 PM

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freshwest

(53,661 posts)

4. Agree in the sense that her marrying Rupert was not out of romance. I mean, really...

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 02:56 PM

Sep 2013

Other than that it sounds as if Palmer jumped the shark here for publicity.

But, no, I can't imagine Wendy could not have found a better soul mate than Rupert. Since he doesn't appear to have one, poor thing.

My weird-stuff-o-meter is pegged out on this one.

Jesus Malverde

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5. 'Wendi Deng was a Chinese spy': Eccentric Australian mogul makes bizarre claim on TV about Rupert Mu

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 02:59 PM

Sep 2013

An eccentric Australian businessman who is contesting this weekend’s general election claimed today that Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife Wendi Deng is a Chinese spy ‘and that’s why Rupert got rid of her.’

Multi-millionaire Clive Palmer, 59, renowned for his plans to construct a replica of the Titanic in conjunction with a Chinese company and for his dreams of creating an animated Jurassic Park in Queensland, also said today that he was planning to sue Mr Murdoch.

He was furious about an article in a Murdoch newspaper, The Australian, which questioned his wealth and whether he was a university professor and a mining magnate, as he claims.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2412479/Clive-Palmer-claims-Murdoch-divorcing-Wendi-Deng-Chinese-spy.html

freshwest

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7. Ah, the Titanic and Jurassic man! Thinks he can buy a seat in parliament, too, does he?

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Thu Sep 5, 2013, 04:47 PM

Sep 2013

Good gawd, wealth is wasted on the rich. Still, Murdoch is an evil POS.

Jesus Malverde

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6. THU 21 JUL 2011 - Lightning-quick reactions: was Wendi a secret agent?

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 03:05 PM

Sep 2013

The alacrity with which Wendi Deng leapt to her husband Rupert Murdoch's defence on Tuesday, when a plate of shaving foam threatened his dignity, reminded some within the UK's intelligence community that it was once accepted - quite seriously - that Wendi was a Chinese secret agent.

The apparent ease with which she seems to have left her native China to study in the USA under the auspices of an American couple who sponsored her were behind the rumours, along with China's assumed desire to get close to the centre of American corporate power.

Then there was the mystery of her early days in the United States, before she met Murdoch.

Australian web magazine Crikey, investigating Rupert's third wife shortly after they married in 1999, quoted Deng's economics professor at California State University, Ken Chapman, as saying: "She was a strange person. You never really know what to believe about her.

Read more: http://www.theweek.co.uk/people-news/3693/lightning-quick-reactions-was-wendi-secret-agent

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