Green's staffer accused of defacing statue of Captain Cook

Xiaoran Shi (right with Greens MP David Shoebridge), 28, has been charged with defacing the Captain Cook statue in Sydney's Hyde Park

A Greens staffer is among two women accused of defacing a statue of Captain Cook in Sydney's Hyde Park.

Shi's friend Charmaine Morrison-Mills, 27, (pictured) has also been charged with vandalising the statue about 4am on Sunday

Xiaoran Shi, 28, and her friend Charmaine Morrison-Mills, 27, allegedly sprayed graffiti on the statue at about 4am on Sunday.