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Sun released after 7-day detention

By Ma Yue | November 12, 2013, Tuesday | Print Edition

China’s Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang was freed yesterday morning after a seven-day detention for driving without a license in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province.

Chen Hongyan, deputy chief of the Hangzhou Detention House, confirmed to local media that Sun left the house at around 8am yesterday. According to a person who claimed to be familiar with the case, the 21-year-old Hangzhou native’s first stop after leaving the house was to be the Zhejiang College of Sports, his training base.

A throng of media personnel had been waiting at the gate of the detention house since early yesterday. According to an eye-witness, a black Buick was spotted leaving the detention house at around 8am, carrying a passenger wearing a cap, suspected to be Sun.

The world record holder was also fined 2,000 yuan (US$328) and suspended from competition and training by the national team last week, as well as banned from commercial activities after his detention. The authorities did not reveal when the ban will be lifted.

According to reports from Zhejiang media, Sun’s food was served separately from other detainees. The identity of his roommate at the detention house was also kept secret by local police, who said the surveillance footage of Sun’s life in the house would be given to concerned authorities.

Sun was involved in a minor collision with a bus on November 3. He was later found to be driving without a license.

 

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