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

3 years ago by bazookabill to c/worldnews

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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Hanabie 48 points 3 years ago

Hope he gets asylum.

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Nerorero -6 points 3 years ago

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oce 3 points 3 years ago

You may have thought he meant psychiatric asylum but in this case it's

Protection and immunity from extradition granted by a government to a political refugee from another country.

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