The State Department of the United States revealed on Sunday (September 15) that China has released the US pastor Lin David (transliteration, David Lin), which has been detained in China since 2006.
Comprehensive Reuters and Agence France -Presse reported that the US State Department spokesman said on the same day: "We welcome David Lin from the Prison of the People's Republic of China. He has returned to the United States. This is the first time he has seen him in the past 20 years.Go to family.She said: "Words cannot express our joy. We have a lot of time to make up for."
reported that Lin David was sentenced to life imprisonment for contract fraud.
In November last year, the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged US President Biden to use the opportunity to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping to promote the release of three American citizens who have been imprisoned in China, including David Lin and Chinese businessmen in the United States.Li Kai and Texas businessman Mark Swidan.
Washington said that the above three were detained by mistake, while Beijing called such cases handling according to law.
The U.S. Congress Committee will hold a hearing in the United States citizen in China next week.The committee said that David, Li Kai and Mark Swidda were facing health problems.
