Cheng Lei: Australian journalist released after three years in Chinese detention
by Ben Doherty, Helen Davidson and Daniel Hurst from World news | The Guardian on (#6FFGT)
Anthony Albanese announces Cheng has been freed and is back in Australia after being detained in August 2020 over national security-related accusations
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The Australian journalist Cheng Lei - jailed for three years in China on ill-defined allegations of sharing Chinese state secrets overseas - has been freed and reunited with her family in Australia.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese,said she had been returned to Australia on Wednesday afternoon.
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