A MAN accused of lying to ASIO about his alleged links with French terrorist suspect Willy Brigitte has appeared in a Sydney court. Abdul Rakid Hasan, 35, is charged with two counts of making misleading statements under ASIO questioning in 2003. Hasan helped Brigitte, whom he knew as "Jamal", to find accommodation in south-western Sydney three times, according to an Australian Federal Police (AFP) statement tendered to Downing Centre Local Court today. Brigitte was deported to France in 2003.Hasan had 23 telephone conversations with Brigitte between June 12 and September 29, 2003, at his workplace, the Indo-Malay Halal Butchery in Lakemba, the AFP statement said. But Hasan said when he was questioned under an ASIO warrant in November 2003 that he had spoken to "Jamal" about three times during that period, the statement said. The court heard that Hasan also denied arranging accommodation for Jamal or giving him assistance in Sydney between May and October 2003. "The statement was misleading because Hasan knew that he had helped arrange accommodation at three different premises in Sydney, and had given assistance to Jamal during that period," tendered documents said.