Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne Says Yang Hengjun Is Not Australian Spy

Yang Hengjun, author and former Chinese diplomat, who is now an Australian citizen, is pictured in an unspecified location in Tibet, China on July, 2014 in this social media image obtained by Reuters. Reuters

The Morrison government has declared that Australian citizen and writer Dr. Yang Hengjun has not been spying for Australia.

Yang, 54, who has been incarcerated by the Chinese for more than seven months, was formally arrested last Friday on suspicion of espionage.