story alleges the raids were conducted in connection with the foreign interference investigation that led to raids on
and Parliament House office on June 26, over claims his office had been infiltrated by Chinese agents.RELATED: According to Nine News’ Political Editor Chris Uhlmann, they were told they were “people of interest” in the high-profile Australian journalist Cheng Lei’s case. Ms Cheng, a prominent anchor on state-owned English news channel China Global Television Network , has beenSpeaking to media at the airport yesterday morning, Birtles said it was “very disappointing to leave the country under those circumstances”.The ABC organised flights back to Australia for Birtles last Thursday morning, however increasingly “threatening” behaviour from Chinese officials peaked before he could leave.
Birtles has been the ABC’s China correspondent, based in Beijing, since 2015 and has extensively covered the rise of Xi Jinping, the US-China trade war, the Hong Kong protests and rising tensions between Australia and China.made similar arrangements to evacuate their correspondent from the country.
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