Alex Csergo told police he was “terrified” and “paranoid” about what would happen if he did not co-operate.
A Bondi executive told police he was ensnared by the “tentacles” of China’s spy agency but only fed lies and open-source information to his recruiters during cafe meetings in China’s busiest city, court documents show.
In documents submitted for his failed bail attempt in April, Csergo told police he was contacted on LinkedIn in early 2021, while he was working in China, by an unknown man working with a think tank that had no online footprint. The man introduced Csergo to a woman he knew as “Evelyn” who, in turn, introduced him to her boss “Ken”.
He is expected to fight the charges saying he was co-operating out of fear and was in “survival mode” until he could leave China in January.“But it didn’t last, my happiness,” she told this masthead“In two-and-a-half weeks, ASIO came to our place, half past seven in the morning. And I got a shock. Alex, he came down, and he said, ‘What’s going on?’”
ASIO transferred the investigation to the Australian Federal Police, the court documents state, who returned to the Bondi home the following day. “We need to be careful – especially this thing is being followed and they know there is a source,” Csergo allegedly told his handlers over WeChat. Bernard Collaery, Csergo’s lawyer and former ACT attorney-general, has told the courts Csergo only provided open-source information.
Ken asked Csergo if he had been in contact with other intelligence agencies, Csergo told police, and his paranoia increased further.
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