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World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Chinese activist who mocked Xi Jinping flees to South Korea on jet ski, arrested

www.indiatoday.in

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Chinese activist who mocked Xi Jinping flees to South Korea on jet ski, arrested

www.indiatoday.in

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World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

The jet-ski escapee is Chinese rights activist Kwon Pyong. He had posted pictures on social media mocking Chinese President Xi Jinping, and spent time in jail in China for subversion.

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Because he doesn’t want to be caught in a Chinese airport
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  Caught doing what? Was he a fugitive? For what reason?
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  He was arrested for crossing the border illegally. None of these articles say he was wanted for anything prior to this.

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