NSW upper house MP Shaoquett Moselmane is on indefinite leave from NSW Parliament.
The NSW upper house MP said he would seek leave from Parliament after his southern Sydney home was raided by ASIO and federal police.
The probe is examining if covert activities or agents directed by the Chinese Communist Party may have sought to influence Shaoquett Moselmane.
Labor's Sussex Street head office formally suspended Mr Moselmane on Friday after leader Jodi McKay called the party's general secretary and urged him to act.
Born in 1965 in Lebanon,Shaoquett Moselmane arrived in Australia as a 12-year-old with 10 siblings. He trained as a solicitor but was quickly drawn to politics.
Federal agents have raided the Sydney home of a NSW Labor MP this morning amid allegations Chinese government agents have infiltrated his office to influence Australian politics.