U.S. Designates American Citizen Min Zin, Held by China, as Wrongfully Detained

The U.S. State Department has officially designated American citizen Min Zin as wrongfully detained by China. Min Zin, an academic invited to China for a conference, was detained on June 3rd in Yunnan province and accused of espionage by Chinese authorities. His family and the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar deny these accusations and call for his immediate release.

• U.S. citizen Min Zin has been formally designated as wrongfully detained by China by the U.S. State Department.
• Min Zin was detained on June 3rd in Yunnan province, China, while attending an academic conference.
• China accuses Min Zin of espionage and endangering national security; his family denies these claims.
• Min Zin is the founder and executive director of the Institute for Strategy and Policy - Myanmar and a Ph.D. candidate at UC Berkeley.
• This is the second American academic designated as wrongfully detained in recent months, following Dr. Youlin Chen.