Khal Asfour has withdrawn as a NSW Labor candidate after a newspaper claimed he charged a western Sydney council for a health spa treatment and alcohol on overseas trips. 9News
"The latest headlines are the last straw," the mayor's spokesman said.
"The mayor realises the attacks will continue and it is in the Labor Party's best interests he is not a distraction," he said.
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