China frees US pastor David Lin who was jailed for life in 2006
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Lin’s release raises hopes for two other US citizens detained in China and considered wrongfully detained by Washington.
China has freed David Lin, a pastor from the United States who had been in jail since 2006, the US State Department said.
Lin, now 68, was jailed for life after being found guilty of contract fraud.
Washington designated him wrongfully detained and had been urging Beijing to free him for years.
“We welcome David Lin’s release from prison in the People’s Republic of China. He has returned to the United States and now gets to see his family for the first time in nearly 20 years,” said a State Department spokesperson.
Lin’s daughter Alice earlier told the Politico media outlet that her father was expected to arrive in Texas on Sunday.
