Beijing yesterday claimed that Australia's intelligence agency questioned foreign correspondents working for Chinese state-run media in June, seizing computers and mobile phones in raids apparently linked to a billowing spy scandal. The accusation, the latest scrap in a diplomatic falling-out that spans security, trade and media freedoms, follows an investigation by Beijing into Australian journalists based in China. The last two foreign correspondents working for Australian media in China fled Monday, while another -- Cheng Lei, who worked as an anchor for Chinese state TV -- is being detained under "national security" laws.