Canberra ramping up pressure on Beijing to release Chinese-Australian writer from "arbitrary detention"

Canberra is ramping up pressure on Beijing to release Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun form “arbitrary detention”.

Liberal backbencher and chair of parliaments powerful intelligence agency, Andrew Hastie, accused Beijing of coercion and suggested the detainment of Mr. Yang was designed to deter members of the Chinese immigrants from speaking out against the Communist Party.

Mr Hastie has warned that “this action generates uncertainty in our friendship with China”