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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australia concerned journalist still awaits verdict in China

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Australia remains deeply concerned that Australian journalist Cheng Lei has not learned of a verdict a year after standing trial in China on national security charges, the foreign minister said on Friday.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong marked the first anniversary of the closed trial in Beijing with a statement that said her government had “advocated at every opportunity for Ms. Cheng to be reunited with her family.”

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