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Hong Kong denies Tiananmen activist Wuer Kaixi extradition to mainland
Source: South China Morning Post
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.
Read more: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1365230/tiananmen-activist-tries-surrender-beijing-hk
Wikipedia entry about him
AP article
