“I would never suggest that Australia sort of goes out on the limb and goes after China on its own, but I think that there’s safety in numbers when Australia joins other allied nations to do these sanctions because China may be able to pick off people who are acting by themselves, but they can’t really go after the whole world.
“If Australia doesn’t do something then Australia becomes a haven for these types of people. And so it’s really important that these sanctions are coordinated and harmonised going forward and that Australia catches up with these allies.”
Mr Browder said officials in Mynamar who were involved in this year’s military coup should also be targeted.
The Australian laws go further than any other country as they also target malicious cyber attackers.
Mr Browder said it was a “genius idea” and he hoped other countries will “follow Australia and make amendments to their Magnitsky acts to include cyber attackers as well”.
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When he began pushing for the new laws a decade ago, Mr Browder said he “couldn’t have imagined in my wildest dreams that we would have 34 countries with a Magnitsky Act”.
“It’s a great tribute to Sergei Magnitsky and really a monument to his sacrifice, that his sacrifice has led to a tool to be used by victims of human rights abuse all over the world,” he said.
“That makes his death less meaningless than most of these horrible atrocities.”
Labor MP Julian Hill, who has been pushing for a Magnitsky Act for years, said he wanted the laws to go after members of the “corrupt” ruling elite in Cambodia, who have been parking their assets in Australia.
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