DETENTION OF PERSONS – CHINA

Yang’s death sentence unlikely to stop Li visit

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Original article by Will Glasgow
The Australian – Page: 2 : 7-Feb-24

Sources have indicated that Chinese Premier Li Qiang is still is expected to visit Australia in late 2024. It would be the first visit by a Chinese leader since 2017, and is unlikely to be affected by a Beijing court’s decision to give Chinese-Australian academic Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence on espionage charges. Associate professor Feng Chongyi says the federal government should make Li’s forthcoming state visit conditional on the release of Yang, whose sentence could potentially be reduced to life in prison after two years of good behaviour.

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Australian academic Yang Hengjun given suspended death sentence by Chinese court

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Original article by Helen Davidson, Ben Doherty, Paul Karp
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 6-Feb-24

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the federal government is appalled by the decision of a Chinese court to impose a suspended death sentence on Australian academic Yang Hengjun. An Australian citizen who was born in China, he was arrested in 2019 at Guangzhou airport, accused of spying for an undisclosed foreign country, and has been in detention ever since. A spokesperson for his family said the court’s decision was at the "extreme end of worst expectations", while Human Rights Watch’s Australia director, Daniela Gavshon, said Yang’s sentence was "catastrophic".

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

PM’s China visit life and death for jailed writer

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 1-Nov-23

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has indicated that he will raise issues such as human rights and China’s growing presence in the South China Sea during his upcoming official visit to Beijing and Shanghai. The family of Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun has urged Albanese to also raise his case with Chinese officials. Yang has been detained in China for nearly five years without receiving an official verdict on alleged espionage offences. Yang’s two sons are concerned that he will die from medical neglect if he is not released soon. Journalist Cheng Lei recently returned to Melbourne after three years’ detention in China on similar charges.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Australian TV presenter Cheng Lei detained in China

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Original article by Andrew Tillett
The New Daily – Page: Online : 1-Sep-20

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has confirmed that Australian television journalist Cheng Lei has been detained by Chinese authorities. Payne says official notification of Cheng’s detention was received on 14 August, and that Australian officials spoke to her via video link at a detention centre on 27 August. The Australian citizen works for Chinese state-run broadcaster CGTN. The reason for her detention and the charges she faces are not yet known.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, CGTN

China hearing date for Crown staff

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Original article by Angus Grigg, Lisa Murray
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 14-Jun-17

Australian-listed Crown Resorts has confirmed that 19 of its current and former employees have been formally charged in China following their arrest in October 2017. They face charges of promoting gambling in China, and are scheduled to appear in court on 26 June 2017. Shanghai criminal lawyer Si Weijiang says the most senior employees could be given longer sentences, while some of the more junior employees could potentially be given suspended sentences. Fourteen current Crown employees and two former employees are still being held in custody, while three have been released on bail.

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CROWN RESORTS LIMITED – ASX CWN

Expired Fonterra milk powder in China scam

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Original article by Angus Grigg
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 4-Nov-16

Chinese police have arrested 19 employees of the Jai Wai International Trading Company. The company was accused by the Shanghai Food & Drug Administration of selling 276 tonnes of expired Fonterra milk powder to other wholesalers. New Hope Group, whose subsidiary controls the trading company, distanced itself from the wholesaler saying that the sale of expired milk was a "personal crime" by the GM of the Jai Wai International, Liu Minggang.

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SHANGHAI FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, JAI WAI INTERNATIONAL TRADING COMPANY, NEW HOPE GROUP, FONTERRA CO-OPERATIVE GROUP LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN FRESH MILK HOLDINGS PTY LTD