Australia urges China to let detained journalist Lei to speak with her kids
Australia's prime minister on Wednesday urged China to allow detained Chinese-born Australian journalist Cheng Lei to make her first contact with her children in more than two years.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese renewed his government's call for Cheng to have access to her family after China's Ambassador Xiao Qian offered the family his help.
Cheng Lei should have access to her family. Australia continues to make representation and we have a very strong view about her treatment, and we'll continue to make representation, Albanese told reporters.
There's been no transparency in any of these processes at all. And the Chinese Government needs to do better, Albanese added.
The journalist for CGTN, the English-language channel of China Central Television, has been detained in China since August 2019.
She was tried in Beijing in March on espionage charges. Australian diplomats were denied permission to attend the proceedings. No verdict has been announced.
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