By The South Asia Times report

CANBERRA (TSAT) - A new controversy emerged in Australia on Monday when some member of parliaments revealed that the Chinese world largest app WeChat has hijacked the country’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison account.

The Chinese app changed Morrison name on his account and renamed as “Australian-Chinese New Life”, the move MPs termed as foreign interference.

However, so far the government has not issued any statement regarding the premier WeChat account renaming.

James Paterson, who is charing the parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, called for boycott from the Chinese app and said its evidence of Beijing censorship on social media, the local Telegraph reported.

According to Australian media, Morrison had over 76,000 followers on the Chinese app but now removed his picture and profile information from the account.

Meanwhile, Tencent which owned the Chinese largest app, rejected the allegation of hijacking premier Morrison account and said there is dispute over the account ownership.

The account was registered PRC and later was transferred to the current operator and said the company will handle the issue as per their rules.

Another Australian MP Gladys Liu said its “deeply disappointing” and raised concern of political interference.

She announced to boycott from the Chinese app and said will not use the app for her campaign.

China and Australia diplomatic ties are tensed since last two year following Canberra support to anti-China western countries who demanded to probe the origin of COVID-19.

Last year, Australia also canceled its deal with Beijing signed by Victoria state under Belt and Road Initiative.

China also imposed a heavy tariffs over 200% on Australian win imports in 2020 that hit the Australian economy and Canberra lost a big market for its wine.