SYDNEY, April 17 (Reuters) - The lawyer for an Australian charged with foreign interference said his client had become "very worried" about two alleged foreign intelligence agents while living in Shanghai and returned to Australia after a decade-long career in China.
Csergo is alleged to have accepted cash for writing reports, which Australian federal police say contained information about Australian defence, economic and national security arrangements.
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation had searched Csergo's laptop and WeChat accounts upon his return from Shanghai, the court was told.
"The Chinese did not want it to be known they were making these inquiries and receiving these reports," Barko commented.
Csergo, 55, appeared in court via video link from Parklea Prison where he is being held as a high security prisoner.