Guthrie McLean, a University of Montana senior, was released from a detention centre in the central China city of Zhengzhou early Monday local time, according to Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana. Guthrie’s home,” the 25-year-old student’s mother, Jennifer McLean, wrote in an email to Daines’ office. The college student majoring in East Asian studies was detained five weeks later, on July 16, on charges of intentional injury. Tester said in a statement that he was “overjoyed” Guthrie McLean was safe. He largely grew up in China after living in Missoula as a young child while his mother was studying at the university, White said.

Source: National Post July 23, 2017 18:56 UTC