China arrests Australian academic on suspicion of spying
By DW
27 August 2019 |
3:25 pm
Journalist and blogger Yang Hengjun has been in custody for more than seven months. Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Yang was being held in Beijing without access to his lawyers or family visits.
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