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Tiananmen student leader vows to try to
return to China
AP , TOKYO
Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010, Page 3
Wuer Kaixi (§^º¸¶}§Æ), a prominent student leader in Beijing¡¦s
1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, said yesterday he would keep
trying to return to his native country even if it meant being arrested by the
Chinese authorities.
Wuer Kaixi ¡X now a Republic of China citizen ¡X spent the weekend in a Japanese
jail after police arrested him on Friday for trying to force his way into the
Chinese embassy in Tokyo in a failed bid to turn himself in to the authorities.
¡§A person with a warrant on his head cannot get himself surrendered to the
regime,¡¨ he said at the Foreign Correspondents¡¦ Club of Japan. ¡§How absurd is
that?¡¨
The 42-year-old activist was No. 2 on China¡¦s list of 21 most wanted student
leaders after the crackdown on the protests, in which hundreds of people were
killed. He escaped and has since lived in exile in Taiwan, where he is a
businessman and political commentator.
Wuer Kaixi said he wished to be reunited with his parents, whom he last saw 21
years ago. He also wants a public dialogue with Beijing about Tiananmen Square
and hopes to stand in solidarity with other detained political dissidents, such
as his mentor Liu Xiaobo (¼B¾åªi).
¡§It was an honor in 1989 to be a student leader and if I can go back to China
and become a fellow cellmate of my teacher, my good friend Liu Xiaobo, it will
be a great honor for me,¡¨ he said.
Liu is currently serving an 11-year sentence for incitement to subvert state
power.
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