Yang Hengjun (simplified Chinese: 杨恒均; traditional Chinese: 楊恒均; pinyin: Yáng Héngjūn born 1965), legally known as Yang Jun [1] (杨军; 楊軍; Yáng Jūn), is a Chinese-Australian writer and businessman who is imprisoned by Chinese authorities on spying charges.

Feb 5, 2024 · Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court, five years after he was arrested and accused of spying. The sentence may be commuted to life...

Feb 5, 2024 · Yang Hengjun, an Australian citizen and democracy activist born in China, was sentenced Monday by a court in Beijing, Wong said in a statement, adding that the Australian government was...

Feb 5, 2024 · Australian Yang Hengjun has been sentenced to death by a Chinese court, Foreign Minister Penny Wong has confirmed. It is a suspended sentence that can be converted to a life sentence after two years subject to good behaviour.

Feb 21, 2024 · Yang, China-born Australian democracy blogger will not appeal his suspended death sentence imposed by a Beijing court, with his family saying on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, a legal challenge would be detrimental to his welfare.

Feb 5, 2024 · Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who was arrested in China on espionage charges in 2019, has been handed a suspended death sentence by a court in Beijing. The terms of the sentence mean...

Feb 6, 2024 · Yang, a former Chinese diplomat and state security agent who became a political commentator and writer of spy novels in Australia, was detained on Jan. 19, 2019, when he arrived in the southern China city of Guangzhou from …

Feb 5, 2024 · Foreign Minister Penny Wong has vowed to pursue every possible avenue to secure a more lenient sentence for the father of two after the pro-democracy writer was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by a Chinese court.

Feb 20, 2024 · The family of imprisoned Australian man Yang Hengjun have revealed he will not appeal his suspended death sentence in China, saying the writer has no faith in the Chinese court system, and that ...

Feb 5, 2024 · A Beijing court on Monday handed Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence on espionage charges, threatening a recent rebound in bilateral ties that followed several years of...