Malcolm Roberts (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Chinese ministry of state has posted on Weibo that Cheng Lei had been sentenced to two years and 11 months in prison and had been deported after completing her sentence. Minister, your words on Cheng Lei's arrival at the airport, as quoted in the Guardian, made it clear that the government was taking credit for her release. They quoted you as saying:

I made them a promise some time ago we would do everything, I would do everything I could, to bring her home …

Minister, who is telling the truth—you or the Chinese government?