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Australian mother marks nine months in Chinese prison as curious online posts emerge
An Australian mother of two detained in China for allegedly leaking state secrets has told Australian diplomats she has been warned her family should not raise her case in the media.
Key points:
- Cheng Lei suddenly disappeared from CGTN broadcasts last August and could not be contacted by friends or relatives
- China confirmed in February she was under investigation for providing state secrets or intelligence to foreign entities
- WeChat posts criticising her as a spy and traitor have started to emerge
Cheng Lei, a former Chinese state-television journalist and news anchor, has repeatedly been denied access to a lawyer and is being held without charge in a Beijing prison.
She is being kept in a cell with two others and is brought to a different…
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