Australian Journalist Cheng Lei Released from Detention in China After Over Three Years

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Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who had been detained in China on national security charges for over three years, has returned home after being released.  48-yr-old, a former business television anchor for Chinese state television, was detained in August 2020 on charges of allegedly sharing state secrets with another country.    #ChengLei #AustralianJournalistChengLi #ChengLiDetained #AustralianJournalistDetainedInChina #ChenLiChina                 ~HT.178~PR.152~ED.101~

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00:00 Australian journalist Cheng Li, who had been detained in China on national security charges

00:08 for over three years, has returned home after being released.

00:11 48-year-old, a former business television anchor for Chinese state television, was detained

00:17 in August 2020 on charges of allegedly sharing state secrets with another country.

00:24 Cheng, who was tried in secret in March 2022, has now arrived in Melbourne and has been

00:30 reunited with her two children and family.

00:34 China's state security ministry, revealing details of the charges against Cheng for the

00:39 first time, stated that she had pleaded guilty to illegally sending state secrets abroad,

00:45 related to her work for a state media outlet.

00:48 Cheng had been deported after serving a sentence of two years and 11 months.

00:52 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioned that Australia had persistently

00:57 sought Cheng's reunion with her children and her return is expected to be warmly welcomed

01:02 by the Australian community.

01:05 Australia had raised concerns about Cheng's detention, which occurred amid broader diplomatic

01:09 tensions between the two countries.

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