Update | Hong Kong denies Tiananmen activist Wuer Kaixi extradition to mainland China
The latest attempt by the "second most wanted" Tiananmen dissident to surrender to mainland authorities was dashed yesterday when he was deported back to Taiwan after a short stopover in Hong Kong.
The latest attempt by the "second most wanted" Tiananmen dissident to surrender to mainland authorities was dashed yesterday when he was deported back to Taiwan after a short stopover in Hong Kong.
Wuer Kaixi arrived at Chep Lap Kok from Taiwan accompanied by Democratic Party lawmaker Albert Ho Chun-yan hoping the city would help to extradite him to the mainland.
Wuer, who has spent most of the past 24 years in exile in Taiwan, wants to return to the mainland to see his ailing parents.
"I hope to be [re]united with them while they are still alive, even if it means the reunion takes place behind a glass wall," he said.
He is wanted by Beijing for "conspiracy to subvert" while a student leader during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
"I am transiting from [Hong Kong] because it is my last resort," said Wuer in a written statement. "What I'm doing now is a result of the [mainland] government's absurd act of ordering my arrest, while at the same time refusing to allow me to return."