US media: The United States releases a Chinese being detained in exchange for 18 years

Politico, a U.S. political news website, quoted three insiders that the US government last month to release a Chinese citizen detained in the United States as a condition in exchange for the 18 -year -old American pastor Lin David (transliteration, David, David, David,LIN) freedom.

This may be the first time in the modern history of the United States to exchange a transaction for an American.

David Lin has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Beijing for contract fraud since 2006.American politicians have been urging Beijing to release Lin David for many years.The US State Department announced on September 15 that he had been released.

According to Politico on Wednesday (October 30), the US State Department has not publicly disclosed the US -China prisoner's action and refused to answer how to negotiate to exchange for the release of David.This is significantly different from the exchanges between the United States and Russia in recent years.

Reuters reported that U.S. State Department spokesman Miller said on September 16: "Sometimes in diplomacy, the less you say, the better."

The above three knowledgePeople have not disclosed the identity of the release of Chinese citizens.However, the Voice of America reported on Thursday (October 31) that the Chinese citizen or the Chinese student Wu Xiaolei, who was previously sentenced to nine months of imprisonment for harassing democratic activities.

In January of this year, the Federal Jury ruled that Wu Xiaolei, a former Berkeley School student who threatened a democratic activist, was guilty.On April 24 this year, Wu Xiaolei was sentenced to nine months in prison and three years of supervision and release.

Prosecutor said that the 26 -year -old Wu Xiaolei threatened the hands of the democratic activists who were called Zoy, and reported to the Chinese public security organs to find out that their residence was found.And disclosed Zoy's email address.

Zou's two friends told the Voice of America on Wednesday that Zoy had learned from the prosecutor's release from the prosecutor in September, and "replaced the detained" Lin David from China.The two friends said that Zoy was very shocked and puzzled by this and worried about his personal safety.

The Voice of the United States cannot independently confirm that Wu Xiaolei was released in advance, and whether it was directly related to David Lin.