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Pleas for Yang Hengjun release after years of Beijing detention

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It's been five years since Australian writer Yang Hengjun was detained in Beijing and both sides of politics have renewed calls for his immediate release. The 58-year-old was charged with espionage. Friends fear he could die a political prisoner.
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