A Sydney businessman has been refused bail after facing allegations of foreign interference, including selling Australian Defence documents to China. Authorities are alleging the AUKUS and Quad alliances were among the topics sought. 9News MORE:
from two spies dubbed "Ken" and "Evelyn" in exchange for reports on Australian defence, economic and national security arrangements while he worked in China during Shanghai's extended COVID-19 lockdown.
He had faced weeks of questioning by Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and federal police and an extensive search of his phone and laptop, including WeChat messages, Downing Centre Local Court was told on Monday. "He clearly has links to the Chinese state and two people he clearly thinks work for the MSS ," Commonwealth prosecutor Connor McCraith told a Sydney court.The so-called shopping list was discovered by ASIO three weeks after Csergo arrived in Australia earlier this year.Instead, Csergo had continued communication with the male suspected spy, including inviting him to "visit", he said.
"Businesspeople such as our client know all roads lead to the state, whether it be the state economic intelligence agency or ," Collaery said.
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