Chinese authorities agreed with the arrest of CGTN journalist Cheng Lei on Feb 5 over suspicion of selling state secrets abroad, China's foreign ministry said on Monday.<br /><br />The ministry's spokesman Wang Wenbin said Cheng's legal rights are guaranteed during the process.<br /><br />Cheng was born in China but moved with her parents to Australia as a child and attended university in Queensland.<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
