Sporting Digest: Olympic Games
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Immigration officers have smashed an immigration scam in Thailand that would have brought hundreds of Chinese people to Australia illegally. An immigration department publication said a man had been arrested in Bangkok after allegedly trying to recruit Chinese nationals to work for the Sydney Olympics promising an annual salary of up to Aus$35,000 (pounds 14,375).
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