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Disgraced mayor Salim Mehajer walks from prison after 11 months

The controversial Sydney figure Salim Mehajer has walked out of a NSW prison where he was held for electoral fraud, but his legal woes are not over.

Salim Mehajer

Salim Mehajer is surrounded by media as he leaves Cooma Correctional Centre on Tuesday. Source: AAP

Disgraced Sydney businessman Salim Mehajer has walked free from a NSW prison after 11 months behind bars for electoral fraud.

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