The jet ski escapee is Chinese rights activist Kwon Pyong, according to South Korea-based campaigner Lee Dae-seon of non-governmental organisation Dialogue China.
Mr Kwon, 35, had posted pictures on social media mocking Chinese President Xi Jinping and spent time in jail in China for subversion, said Mr Lee. “While his means of entry into South Korea in violation of the law was wrong, surveillance of the Chinese authorities and political persecution of Kwon since 2016 are behind his life-risking crossing into South Korea,” Mr Lee said.South Korea grants only a handful of refugees asylum each year.Get The New Paper on your phone with the free TNP app. Download from the
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