China Urged to Free Australian Academic After 5 Years of Detention

FILE - Writer Yang Hengjun is seen in an undated photo. (Radio Free Asia)

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong on Friday called on China to release detained Australian writer Yang Hengjun. The day marked the fifth anniversary of the author and democracy activist's detention in Beijing on suspicion of spying. Yang was imprisoned during a visit to China and charged with espionage. His trial was held in May 2021.