Australian Yang Hengjun handed suspended death sentence by Beijing court


  • World
  • Monday, 05 Feb 2024

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian writer Yang Hengjun, jailed in Beijing for five years on espionage charges, has been handed a suspended death sentence by a Beijing court, according to a family friend.

(Reporting by Kirsty Needham; Editing by Alasdair Pal)

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