AFP, SEOUL
A Chinese dissident who has long been a thorn in Beijing’s side has escaped from China to South Korea on a rubber boat, his lawyer said yesterday.Dong Guangping (董廣平), a former policeman who was imprisoned for his activism, was found by South Korean authorities on Monday night drifting off the country’s west coast on a 3.3m rubber boat with a 9.9 horsepower engine, police said.He was taken to shore for questioning on suspicion of contravening immigration laws.
Dong Guangping, an activist and former police officer, is reported to wash up on South Korean shores on Monday night.
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The man’s lawyer, Kim Joo-kwang, confirmed his identity to reporters.Kim declined to say from where Dong had launched his boat.
