The magistrate argued Alexander Csergo did not alert Australian officials or authorities to the Chinese request and invited one of the alleged security agents to visit Australia.
Parramatta Children's Court, where Alexander Csergo appeared by video link after being charged with foreign interference, in Parramatta, Australia, April 15, 2023.," Collaery said during the bail application."All roads lead to the state. If someone walks up to you in a bar, you’re wary. Businessmen are."
Magistrate Michael Barko, who rejected Csergo’s bail application, argued that if he described the facts of the case to"any lay person," they would"be highly suspicious about the conduct of the defendant, at the very least." He defended Csergo's right to try and make a"quick buck" and might have given him more benefit of the doubt if the man was an"ignorant traveler," but the businessman had lived in China since 2002.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, President Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hold a press conference after their meeting on the Australia-United Kingdom-U.S. partnership, March 13, 2023, in San Diego, California. Csergo, who worked in data marketing, testified that he met with two people, identified as"Ken" and"Evelyn," who reached out to him via LinkedIn. He would meet them in Shanghai cafes and restaurants that were largely empty, and he suspected that the pair had the locations"cleared out" ahead of their rendezvous.
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