China espionage charges: Australian Yang Hengjun ‘not a spy’ says foreign minister
Lawyers and campaigners express anxiety for writer and former diplomat, who has been detained for seven months
Yang Hengjun was not a spy for Australia, foreign minister Marise Payne has insisted, after the Australian writer was formally charged with espionage in Beijing, potentially facing the death penalty.
“There is no basis for any allegation Dr Yang was spying for the Australian government,” Payne told the Guardian after the 54-year-old Australian was formally charged, seven months after first being detained in Guangzhou.
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