Australian media said that Cheng Lei, who was arrested two weeks ago, was monitored and lived in a secret place.Australian Foreign Minister Payne said that the Australian government received a notice of being detained by Cheng Lei on the 14th of this month, describing this as a new blow to the deterioration of Sino -Australian relations.
(Beijing / Sydney Comprehensive News) When the relationship between China and Australia was tense, Cheng Lei, a Chinese -American news female anchor of China Global Television, was detained in Beijing.Australian media said that Cheng Lei, who was arrested two weeks ago, was monitored and lived in a secret place.
Comprehensive Agence France -Presse, Reuters, and South China Morning Post, etc., Australian Foreign Minister Payne said on Monday (31st) that the Australian government received a notice of being detained by Cheng Lei on the 14th of this month, describing this is a new new Australian relations.Strike.
Australian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Investment Birmingham pointed out yesterday that the cause of Cheng Lei was unclear.The Australian Consul of the Australian Consulate Video on the 27th of the Video and Cheng Lei visited the consular and provided her support for her family in Melbourne.
The Chenglei family revealed that it is currently negotiating with the Australian government departments and will follow the legitimate procedures. It is expected that this incident will have a satisfactory and timely result.
The detention can be as long as six months
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said that Cheng Lei was monitored by the authorities, and the detention measures could be as long as six months and did not allow family or lawyers to visit.
Cheng Lei's friend revealed that she stopped replying to the information in recent weeks and pointed out that China Global Television Network (CGTN) deleted the information and video content on the website almost two weeks ago.
The US Protection Journalist Committee issued a statement calling on the reasons for Beijing to arrest Chenglei and release her immediately.
Cheng Lei was born in Yueyang, Hunan in 1975. He settled in Australia with his parents at the age of 10.After obtaining a degree in business degree from the University of Queensland in 1994, he worked briefly in the business community.She hosted financial programs on CCTV 9 in 2002, joined the National Broadcasting Corporation Financial Channel in the following year, and provided international stock market comments to the Global First Financial Program on the Asia -Pacific headquarters in Singapore.She has been working on CCTV's Global Television Networks under CCTV since 2012. She has hosted global finance and other programs.
Cheng Lei regularly participates in the Australian business forum and activities in Beijing, and is well -known in the Australian business community in China.
She is active on social platform Twitter, describing her enthusiastic Chinese story describer in her brief introduction.She will not update the last tweet on the 11th of this month.
From February to March of this year, Cheng Lei repeatedly shared the situation of the Chinese crown disease in Facebook. Some posts praised Dr. Aifen, a whistle of the epidemic, and Fang Fang Fang Fang.Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan Huoshen Mountain Hospital on March 10. Cheng Lei said in a post the next day: He waved his hand in front of a large screen.
In response to Cheng Lei's arrest, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Hua Chunying said at a press conference yesterday that there was no specific information to be provided.But she said: We attach importance to Sino -Australian relations, but at the same time, the development of bilateral relations requires the joint efforts of both parties.
Former Australian Ambassador to China Rui Jierui said that he and Cheng Lei have been friends for many years.He believes that financial news reports are generally not regarded as political sensitivity in China, and they are surprised by Cheng Lei's detention.
Malide, a senior researcher at the Sydney Institute studying Chinese politics and foreign policies, pointed out that it is unclear whether the nationality is one of the reasons for Cheng Lei.
After Australia launched an independent investigation of the source of crown disease epidemic in April this year, Sino -Australian relations deteriorated rapidly.The Australian government had previously been detained with another Australian Chinese, Yang Heng, conflict with Beijing. Yang Hengjun, also known as Yang Jun, is a writer and businessman.He has been detained in China since the beginning of last year and has been charged with spies earlier this year.
The Australian government warned their citizens in July this year that if they went to China, they would face the risk of arbitrarily detained.
