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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Chinese Australian writer fears dying in Beijing detention after being diagnosed with a kidney cyst

Australian Broadcasting Corp.

Chinese Australian writer and democracy blogger Yang Hengjun has told his family he fears he will die in a Beijing detention center after being diagnosed with a kidney cyst, prompting supporters to demand his release for medical treatment.

Yang has been detained in China since Jan. 19, 2019, when he arrived in Guangzhou from New York with his wife and teenage stepdaughter.

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