Australian academic Yang Hengjun given suspended death sentence by Chinese court
Australia’s foreign minister said the government was ‘appalled’ by the sentence, which could mean life in prison for YangAustralian academic Yang Hengjun has been given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court, after five years in detention on espionage charges.Yang was arrested in 2019 at Guangzhou airport, accused of spying for an undisclosed foreign country. The 57-year-old pro-democracy blogger is an Australian citizen who was born in China. He was tried in a one-day, closed-door hearing in Beijing in May 2021, with a verdict not publicly disclosed. Continue reading...
Australia’s foreign minister said the government was ‘appalled’ by the sentence, which could mean life in prison for Yang
Australian academic Yang Hengjun has been given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court, after five years in detention on espionage charges.
Yang was arrested in 2019 at Guangzhou airport, accused of spying for an undisclosed foreign country. The 57-year-old pro-democracy blogger is an Australian citizen who was born in China. He was tried in a one-day, closed-door hearing in Beijing in May 2021, with a verdict not publicly disclosed. Continue reading...
