BEIJING: A US geologist convicted on state secrets charges and imprisoned in China has been released and returned to the United States, a human rights group said.

Xue Feng, who had been serving an eight-year sentence in Beijing No. 2 Prison, was immediately deported upon leaving jail, the US-based Dui Hua Foundation said in a release dated Friday.

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