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Chinese dissident detained in South Korea after escaping China via rubber boat

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Dong Guangping, a 68‑year‑old former Chinese police officer who has spent years in prison, recently reached South Korea after more than 30 hours on a sea journey, following previous failed escapes to Thailand and Vietnam that ended with his detention and deportation back to China. His arrival has prompted scrutiny of South Korean immigration policy and may pressure President Lee Jae Myung’s administration.

  1. KR
    Choo Hyun-Chul
    People Power Party
    1. This is a matter of a fundamental responsibility as a liberal democratic state.
    2. It should take swift humanitarian measures to ensure that he can safely travel to Canada, where his family is anxiously awaiting him.
  2. Human Rights In China
    1. That a man nearing seventy years old was driven to cross open seas in a small inflatable boat is itself a devastating indictment of China's human rights situation.
    2. For more than a decade, he has never ceased striving for liberty and reunion with his family.
  3. CA
    Sheng Xue
    1. Given his history, any forcible repatriation would place him at grave risk of imprisonment, torture, disappearance, and potentially death.
    2. It [was] a small boat on the sea, so it's very hard to control.
    3. He was lucky to get close to the shore.
    4. When I talked with him, he said 'I got here!'. He was pretty proud of it.
    5. For a long time, we discussed ways to escape China.
  4. CN
    Zang Xihong
    1. I didn't know exactly when he was going to leave, but he had told me before that he would definitely find a way to get out. I knew he had that determination and that willpower.
  5. CN
    Zhou Fengsuo
    1. He sacrificed a lot for the legacy of Tiananmen.
  6. CN
    Katherine Dong
    1. I know that in China he will face more persecution, more mistreatment, more injustice.
    2. And then again that dream of freedom was snatched away.

sources

  1. 1.CNN
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.Taipei Times
  4. 4.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Authoritarianism
  2. 2.US-China Relations
  3. 3.North-South Korea Conflict
  4. 4.Russia-North Korea Relations

countries

  1. 1.ChinaCN
  2. 2.Korea, Republic ofKR
  3. 3.CanadaCA
  4. 4.ThailandTH
  5. 5.Viet NamVN
  6. 6.Taiwan, Province of ChinaTW

organizations

  1. 1.Front Line Defenders
  2. 2.Human Rights In China
  3. 3.Amnesty International
  4. 4.Chinese Communist Party
  5. 5.People Power Party
  6. 6.United Nations

persons

  1. 1.Dong Guangping
  2. 2.Kim Joo-Kwang
  3. 3.Sheng XueCA
  4. 4.Choo Hyun-ChulKR
  5. 5.Katherine DongCN
  6. 6.Kwon Pyong
  7. 7.Lee Jae-MyungKR
  8. 8.Yu-Chen Li
  9. 9.Zang XihongCN
  10. 10.Zhou FengsuoCN

technicals

  1. 1.Tiananmen Square
Chinese dissident detained in South Korea after escaping China via rubber boat