Australia Investigates Chinese-Australian Writer Feared Missing in China
By Mimi Nguyen Ly
SYDNEY—Australia is investigating the whereabouts of a Chinese-Australian, its Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) confirmed on Jan. 23 after a local newspaper report raised fears that the dissident and former diplomat, Yang Hengjun, has been detained in China.
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) newspaper reported on Jan. 23 that friends were fearing that Yang, a spy novelist, political blogger, and former Chinese diplomat who is now an Australian citizen, had been detained because he had not been reachable for several days.
According to SMH, Yang had flown to Guangzhou from New York on Jan. 18 despite friends warning him that it would be dangerous to travel to China. He had told one of his friends, Dr. Feng Chongyi, an academic at the University of Technology (UTS) in Sydney, that he didn’t think he would be a target.
Read more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/australia-investigates-chinese-australian-writer-feared-missing-in-china_2775833.html
Foolish for anyone like this to even entertain thoughts of going to China.
