Federal police are seeking to charge a former high-ranking Australian intelligence official, Roger Uren, with breaching spy agency secrecy laws after ASIO discovered a cache of classified files during a raid on his home in late 2015.
A Fairfax Media investigation can also reveal that Mr Uren's wife, Chinese-Australian lobbyist and suspected intelligence operative Sheri Yan, introduced an alleged Chinese spy to her Australian contacts. As a result of these introductions, the alleged spy, Colonel Liu Chaoying, had several dinner dates with a millionaire Melbourne businessman with political connections.
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Richard Baker is a former multi-award winning investigative reporter for The Age.
Nick McKenzie is an Age investigative journalist who has three times been named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. A winner of 20 Walkley Awards, including the Gold Walkley, he investigates politics, business, foreign affairs and criminal justice. Email Nick at nickmckenzie@protonmail.com
