US Had Been Working on Release of American Pastor From China ‘For Some Time’: State Department

State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller speaks during a press briefing at the Department of State in Washington on July 24, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Department of State had been working “for some time” to secure the release of David Lin, an American pastor who had been jailed for nearly two decades in China, said spokesperson Matthew Miller at a press briefing Sept. 16.

The department confirmed on Sept. 15 that Lin had been reunited with his family. He had been jailed in the Beijing Number Two Prison.