Make the CCP Feel the ‘Anguish and Anger’ of the Australian People: Shadow Minister

The government should make sure Beijing feels the “anguish and anger” of Australians towards its decision to hand a suspended death sentence to imprisoned citizen Yang Hengjun, says Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham. On Feb. 5, the federal Labor government revealed that Mr. Yang, an Australian writer, was handed a suspended death sentence with a two-year probation period. “The anguish and anger that exists across Australia should be made clear and felt in Beijing, and the expectations of Australia that he ought to receive treatment that ultimately enables his release and return to Australia need to continue to be made clear,” said Mr. Birmingham, in an interview with ABC on Feb. 6....