A Sydney-born businessman accused of selling reports to Chinese spies wrote to DFAT about concerns after his home was raided by federal police in another “effort to control the narrative”, a jury has been told. Alexander Csergo is standing trial before Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court to fight allegations he acted as a source for two spies believed to have worked for China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS). The 59-year-old pleaded not guilty to one count of reckless foreign interference, with a jury hearing that while living in Shanghai he prepared reports for two people who were introduced to him…
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