The Australian embassy in Beijing was on Friday granted consular access to Australian national Yang Jun, who is detained in China on national security grounds.
Embassy staff made a consular visit to Yang in the afternoon, according to a brief statement released by the Australian department of foreign affairs.
"Access to Mr Yang was provided in accordance with our bilateral consular agreement with China," the statement said.
"Due to Privacy Act obligations, we will not provide further details about Mr Yang or the contents of our consular discussions with Mr Yang."
This is not the first time that Yang has disappeared in China -- he went missing during a 2011 trip but resurfaced days later describing his disappearance as a "misunderstanding."
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