David Lin, 68, had received a life sentence for contract fraud related to his fundraising to build a church in China. His family and the State Department denied the charge.

US lawmakers have called on the White House to prioritise the release of Americans wrongfully held in China, some of whom, they said, had been detained for nearly a decade without a fair trial. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC),

The US State Department confirmed in a press conference on Monday that David Lin, an American pastor the US alleges was wrongfully detained since 2009, has been released. US State Department