Australian Chinese democracy writer and blogger Yang Hengjun has told his family he fears he will die in a Beijing detention center after being diagnosed with a kidney cyst, prompting supporters to demand his release for medical treatment.
Yang has been detained in China since January 19, 2019, when he arrived in Guangzhou from New York with his wife and stepdaughter.
The Associated Press on Monday saw details of messages from Yang that have circulated among family and friends over the past week in which she said a doctor told her recently that the cause of what felt like a muscle strain was a 4-inch cyst on her kidney. . .
Doctors say no treatment is needed unless the cyst becomes too painful, ruptures or bleeds, Yang said.
Yang, 58, shared his frustration at the prospect of dying in custody without being able to speak the truth to the outside world.
Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been detained in China since January 19, 2019. Zhan min – Imaginechina
He also suggested writing a will.
Yang’s friend, University of Technology Sydney academic Feng Chongyi, said supporters urged the Australian government to ensure Yang’s release to Australia on medical grounds or at least conditional release for medical treatment outside the detention centre.
Supporters also want the government to get access to Yang’s medical records to get a second opinion.
A doctor told Yang Hengjun that no treatment was needed unless the cyst became too painful, ruptured or bled. Zhan min – Imaginechina
“They can use drugs to kill prisoners instead of saving them. That’s my fear,” said Feng. “It is a very dangerous situation if you need surgery. The operation might kill you.”
The fate of Yang and another Chinese Australian detained in China, journalist Cheng Lei, is often on the agenda of high-level meetings between the two countries.
Yang’s supporters hope Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will raise his case with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a meeting on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit of leading wealthy and developing nations in India next month.
Albanese raised the issue of the two Chinese Australians when he first met Xi last year.
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said the government would continue to support Yang.
“We make representations to the Chinese government whenever we can, and that literally means continuously, with respect to all consular cases that exist with China and that includes this individual,” Marles told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles speaks in Geelong, Australia, on Aug. 28, 2023. AP
“We will continue to advocate on behalf of this person to the Chinese government and do everything we can for his situation,” Marles said.
Yang received a closed trial on espionage charges in Beijing in May 2021 and is still awaiting a verdict.
The announcement of results has been delayed for three months 10 times and the next possible result is Oct 9.
Cheng, a 48-year-old journalist who once worked with China’s state broadcaster, was convicted on national security charges at a closed trial last year.
He has not yet been sentenced.
In a letter to the Australian public on August 11, the third anniversary of his arrest, Cheng spoke about his living conditions, saying he was allowed to stand in the sunlight for only 10 hours a year.
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