China will release three Americans who were “unjustly detained” on Wednesday, Fox News confirmed.
A National Security Council spokesperson said: “We are pleased to announce the release of Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung from detention in the People's Republic of China.” “Soon they will return home and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years. Thanks to the efforts of this administration and diplomacy with China, all Americans unjustly detained in China will return home.”
Mark Swidan was arrested on drug charges in China in 2012, but the United Nations says it was not legal (Mark Swidan family)
Mark Swidan, 38, from Texas, was on a business trip to China in November 2012 looking for flooring for construction work. The driver and interpreter were arrested on suspicion of drug possession, the Texas Tribune reported.
The U.N. report found that Suwidan had no drugs on his person or in his hotel room, and records show the suspect was not in China at the time of the crime.
The United Nations report said 11 other people arrested with Swidan as part of a trafficking ring could not be identified and their convictions were based on visiting a factory once used to manufacture methamphetamine. It is said that there is.
Kai Li's son Harrison Li told Fox News that his father was detained about a year ago while traveling to China for his mother's memorial service.
“He was not allowed to get off the plane. As soon as he landed at Shanghai Pudong Airport, Ministry of State Security officials took him away, and no one has seen him outside the prison since. There's no one there,” Lee said.
Configured website Raise awareness about Lee “He had been detained in China since September 2016 on politically motivated charges of espionage and theft of state secrets,” he said.
“He is currently serving a 10-year sentence in Shanghai's Qingpu Prison,” the newspaper added.
Leung, a permanent resident of Hong Kong, was also convicted of espionage in 2023. According to the BBC.
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FOX News' Kate Sprague and Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.
