Chinese officials disclosed the specific details of Australian reporters Cheng Lei, saying that she illegally provided the national secret content she had in her work to overseas institutions.Essence

The Ministry of National Security of China reported on WeChat public account on Wednesday (October 11) that Cheng Lei was deported by the Beijing National Security Bureau according to law after the sentence expired.

The report pointed out that Chenglei was originally a domestic media employee.In May 2020, Cheng Lei was climbed by a certain overseas institution personnel to violate the confidentiality terms signed with the employment unit. The national secrets in the work were illegally provided to the overseas institution through mobile phones.

The notification does not specify the relevant overseas institutions.Cheng Lei has served as a reporter from the National Broadcasting Corporation Business Channel (CNBC), and returned to China in 2012 as an anchor of the English Channel (CGTN) of the Global Television Network.

The report also said that the Beijing National Security Bureau was investigated and took criminal compulsory measures to Cheng Lei in August 2020.After Cheng Lei arrived in the case, he truthfully confessed the facts of the crime and voluntarily pleaded guilty.The Second Intermediate Court of Beijing has undergone trials, thinking that Chenglei was sentenced to two years and 11 months in prison for illegal crimes of providing national secrets abroad, and an additional deportation was exported.Cheng Lei did not appeal.

Earlier, according to the Sydney report, Australian Prime Minister Albanis said that Cheng Lei was released on Wednesday after being detained for three years by China for three years.Albanis also revealed that Chenglei's case "has been resolved by China's legal procedures."

According to Bloomberg, Cheng Lei was released. It was an important sign of the rising diplomatic relations between Australia and China.

In this regard, Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the Chinese judicial organs tried relevant cases in accordance with the law and made a judgment. "Get the consular power such as notification. "

Wang Wenbin also said that a healthy and stable Sino -Australian relations conform to the interests of the two countries and the people, and it is also conducive to the peace and stability of regions and the world.China is willing to promote the continuous improvement of the relationship between the two countries with Australia and better benefit the people of the two countries.