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An Auckland-based pro-Beijing online political commentator has been ordered to pay more than $200,000 in defamation damages to former Auckland Councillor Paul Young.

Morgan (Zhi Hong) Xiao, also known as 'Demon King' (ι­”ηŽ‹) online, runs a social media account on WeChat and describes himself as a "New Zealand political commentary author, social activist and TV programmes planner".

Xiao stood in local elections in 2019, and had

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