Two Americans, detained in China for three years on charges of money laundering against their parents, were finally allowed to leave the territory, Beijing and Washington confirmed Tuesday (September 28).
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No reason has been given to explain the sudden lifting of the restriction on Victor Liu and his sister Cynthia, both adults and whose father fled China where he is suspected of bank fraud.
Chinese diplomacy also confirmed that the two Americans had left China.
The ban on leaving the territory that targeted Victor and Cynthia Liu was justified by the desire to "
shed light
" on "
the accusations of money laundering
" against their parents, assured Tuesday Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman for the ministry. Chinese Foreign Affairs.
Their mother Sandra Han was also subject to a ban on leaving the country.
Neither Beijing nor Washington, however, provided details of its current situation.
Their father, accused of being the author of one of the biggest bank frauds in China
Victor and Cynthia Liu had told the American daily New York Times in 2018 that the Chinese police, by holding them, wanted to force their father Liu Changming to go to justice. Former top executive of the state-owned Bank of Communications, he is accused of carrying out one of the biggest bank frauds in the country, with 1.2 billion euros in illegal loans allegedly granted to promoters real estate.
"
We oppose the use of exit bans against people who are not themselves accused
" of crimes, said the spokesman for the US State Department.
Meng Wanzhou's return to China over the weekend coincided with China's release of two Canadians who were arrested shortly after the Huawei leader, a concordance of events interpreted by many as "
hostage diplomacy.
"
Between Beijing and Washington.