Cheng Lei gets emotional discussing prison release

Sky News Australia presenter Cheng Lei broke down on air while recalling the moment she hugged her children and mother for the first time after being released from prison. “At that moment, I felt their hugs, and I saw my mum's crying face,” Ms Lei told Sky News Australia host Steve Price while fighting tears. “It was like an avalanche. “I had just controlled my mind for so long I forgot what it was like to be held, to be told you can let go now. “So it's so incredibly wonderful to be back in Australia today.” Cheng Lei was named The Australian newspaper’s ‘Australian of the Year.’ The journalist spent three years in a Beijing prison for breaking an embargo.