who was one of the 49 visiting Chinese academics in Young last week. Photo by Daniella White

YOUNG: Local bowling enthusiasts were on the go early Thursday morning when they experienced the world’s first indoor lawn bowls green on wheels that came to town. Photo submitted

YOUNG: Young's car enthusiasts hitched on their caravans and hit the road on Wednesday morning for the sixth annual Young Heritage Motor Club winter wander. When Daryl Hughes of Cowra heard the club was going on holidays, he said he was coming too, with his modified 1968 stretched minivan. Photo by Ellie Hawkey

YOUNG: Australian motivational speaker Sam Cawthorn must have enjoyed his visit to Young last year so much, because he’s come back, peaking with local students and members of the public. He's spreadingGuy Verhofstadt sat on the board of Belgian shipping firm Exmar, which was named in the Paradise Papers | Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images Guy Verhofstadt linked to Paradise Papers company Belgian shipping firm Exmar was mentioned in the leaked documents.

Guy Verhofstadt, the liberal group leader in the European Parliament, came under fire Tuesday over his links to a firm mentioned in the Paradise Papers.

Verhofstadt sat on the board of Exmar — a Belgian shipping firm — which used an offshore company mentioned in the recent Paradise Papers leaked documents about circumventing tax rules through offshore investments.

The revelations about Verhofstadt were made public by Belgium's far-left Workers' Party on Tuesday evening.

The former Belgian prime minister sat on Exmar Group's board of directors between 2010 and 2016. Its annual