Australian media has revealed the life behind bars of Cheng Lei, the Chinese-Australian journalist who has been detained in Beijing for two years since she was first detained in 2020.
The Daily Telegraph has released a documentary, “Disappeared – The Cheng Lei Story” on Aug. 24, which introduced in detail her experience in custody.
Cheng, 47, previously worked as an English-language anchor for China Global Television Network (CGTN), the international arm of the Chinese regime’s state broadcaster, CCTV.
She was detained in Beijing on Aug. 13, 2020, on suspicion of “illegally spreading state secrets overseas” and was formally arrested in February 2021.
It has been revealed that Cheng spent her first six months in a secret Chinese prison, where she was often handcuffed, blindfolded, and escorted to a monthly 30-minute video conference room with Australian consular officials….