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Detained Australian journalist Cheng Lei returns home after 3-year detention in China

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Australian journalist Cheng Lei has returned home after three years in detention in China. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the announcement on October 11, 2023, saying that the Chinese-born journalist had been reunited with her family in Melbourne. Cheng was detained in August 2020 on charges of leaking Chinese state secrets. In a statement, China’s ministry of state security said Cheng was deported “after serving her sentence”.

October 11, 2023