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Politics
Tess Ikonomou, Andrew Brown and Kat Wong

Jailed Aussie academic on PM's radar for China trip

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed to keep up his advocacy for Australians after he received a letter from the children of a man imprisoned in Beijing, urging him to bring their father home.

Yang Hengjun was arrested in August 2019 on suspicion of espionage and has spent more than four years in a Beijing prison.

The academic's two sons in Australia have renewed their pleas after last week receiving a letter from their detained father.

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