An Australian businessman has been refused bail after being charged with a foreign interference offence for accepting cash from suspected Chinese intelligence agents, with a Sydney court saying his close ties to China made him a flight risk
Magistrate Michael Barko said Alexander Csergo was a "sophisticated, worldly businessperson" who had been on the radar of Australian intelligence for some time before hisThe prosecution had a strong case against Csergo, who had lived in China for decades, Barko said in refusing bail.
A marketing executive, Csergo, 55, was arrested in the beachside suburb of Bondi on Friday. He is the second person charged under Australia's foreign interference law, which criminalises activity that helps a foreign power interfere with Australia's sovereignty or national interest. It carries a maximum 15 year prison sentence.
He developed a high level of anxiety and was in "survival mode", he had told the Australian authorities. Csergo's lawyer, Bernard Collaery, had sought bail, saying the reports Csergo had written were based on publicly sourced information and the case against his client was "shallow and unsubstantiated".
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