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Miklos Bolza

China spy status queried in foreign interference trial

Alexander Csergo is on trial after providing reports to two suspected Chinese spies. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

An Australian businessman was asked to divulge confidential information to a post-graduate who wanted to "do something different" but was not a Chinese intelligence agent, a jury has been told.

Alexander Csergo is facing a NSW District Court jury trial accused of reckless foreign interference after providing reports to individuals believed to be working for China's Ministry of State Security.

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