Renewed requires China to free Australian author Yang 5 years on

SYDNEY — Australian Overseas Minister Penny Wong says the federal government stays “deeply troubled” by the indefinite detention of author Yang Hengjun, 5 years after his arrest in China.

Wong launched an announcement on Friday to mark the anniversary of the activist’s detention at Guangzhou airport in 2019 throughout a interval of strained relations between Canberra and Beijing. Accused of espionage, Yang confronted a closed-door trial in Might 2021, however no verdict has been handed down.