US secures release of three American citizens 'wrongly detained' in China

The White House national security council named the three as Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung

The US has brokered the release of three Americans it said had been wrongfully detained in China for many years, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.

The White House national security council named the three as Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung and said all the US citizens it deemed to have been wrongly detained in China were now home.

China says such cases are handled according to law.