Man flees China by riding jet ski hundreds of miles across the sea
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The man, who has been detained since he washed up in the port city of Incheon last week, is believed to be a dissident who was previously jailed for criticizing President Xi Jinping.

A jet ski rider who has been detained since he washed up on South Korea’s coast is believed to be a Chinese dissident who feared for his safety and fled by crossing hundreds of miles of sea, trailing barrels of fuel behind him.

The coast guard in the western South Korean port city of Incheon said in a statement Sunday that a Chinese man in his 30s tried to illegally enter the country Aug. 16 by riding a jet ski from the Shandong area of China, an eastern province around 200 miles away across the Yellow Sea.

    • @[email protected]
      8•1 year ago

      Less in fear for his life, and more in fear of jail time. Which he shouldn’t have had to fear, don’t get me wrong. But there’s still a big difference in scale between fleeing jail and fleeing death.

      • @[email protected]
        4•1 year ago

        I too would flee in either case. I think being robbed of your freedoms and death are pretty similar. Though I agree with jcit.

      • @[email protected]
        -6•1 year ago

        For violating the espionage act? The Rosenbergs were executed for that. US psyops truly out in force.