Australian journalist Cheng Lei smiles after she arrives at Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne on Oct. 11, 2023.
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian journalist Cheng Lei says she spent more than three years in detention in China for breaking an embargo with a television broadcast on a state-run TV network.
She said her offense was breaking a government-imposed embargo by a few minutes following a briefing by officials.Her treatment in custody was designed to “drive home that point that in China that is a big sin,” Cheng told Sky News Australia. “That you have hurt the motherland and that the state’s authority has been eroded because of you.”
A Beijing court convicted her of illegally providing state secrets abroad and she was sentenced to two years and 11 months, the statement said. She was deported after the sentencing because of the time she had already spent in detention.
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