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☆ BBC asks ex-presenter Huw Edwards to pay back $250,000 after he pleads guilty to having images of child sexual abuse
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Edwards pleaded guilty to an appalling crime,” the publicly funded broadcaster said in a statement Friday. “Had he been upfront when asked by the BBC about his arrest, we would never have continued to pay him public money. On Wednesday last week, Edwards pleaded guilty to having 41 “indecent images of children,” all under the age of 18, on the messaging app WhatsApp, according to PA Media. London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court, where Edwards pleaded guilty, heard that the presenter had been in contact with an adult man on WhatsApp who sent him 377 sexual images, 41 of which were indecent images of children. The court also heard that Edwards had told a man on WhatsApp not to send him images of minors.

Persons: Huw Edwards, ”, “ Mr, Edwards, “, ” Edwards, Queen Elizabeth II, —, WhatsApp, Philip Evans, Mr, Evans Organizations: London CNN, BBC, CNN, PA Media, ’, Prosecution Service Locations: London’s Westminster, ’ Court, UK’s

Videos circulating on social media from the Sunderland protest show a local police station on fire and large crowds gathered carrying anti-immigrant signs. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images“The shocking scenes we have witnessed in Sunderland this evening are completely unacceptable,” Chief Superintendent Barron said. Earlier this week, police said they believed the crowd in Southport took to the streets over unconfirmed reports speculating on the identity of the teenage stabbings suspect. Police have said the suspect was born in Wales and lived in a village nearby, according to Reuters. “The police have the full backing of Government to take the strongest possible action & ensure they face the full force of the law.

Persons: Helena Barron, Ian Forsyth, Barron, “, Axel Rudakubana, Lewis Atkinson, ”, ” Atkinson, thuggery, Yvette Cooper Organizations: CNN, Northumbria Police, Sunderland, Riot, Getty, Liverpool Magistrates ’, PA Media, Police, Reuters, Labour, Sunderland Central, Government Locations: Britain’s, Sunderland, Northumbria, Southport, Englad, Wales, England, ”, Britain

☆ Southport stabbings: Boy, 17, charged with murder of three young girls
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A teenage boy has been charged with murder after three young girls were killed in a stabbing attack at a dance class in northwest England on Monday, British police said. Eight other children suffered stab wounds in the attack and five of them are in critical condition, police said. Two adults also remain in critical condition after being injured in the attack. Police said five people have been arrested so far in connection with the violence in Southport, in which more than 50 police officers were injured. “Our work to identify all those responsible for the despicable violence and aggression seen on the streets of Southport on Tuesday continues,” Assistant Chief Constable Alex Goss said in a statement.

Persons: Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, Taylor Swift, Constable Serena Kennedy, Cheshire Sarah Hammond, ” Hammond, “, Constable Alex Goss, Keir Starmer, ” Organizations: CNN, Merseyside Police, ” Police, Liverpool Magistrates ’, “, Lancashire Police, North, ” Merseyside Police, CPS Mersey, Southport, Police Locations: England, Southport, Banks, Cheshire, British

☆ Huw Edwards: Ex-BBC presenter pleads guilty to having indecent images of children
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Jessie Gretener | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has pleaded guilty to having 41 indecent images of children on the messaging app WhatsApp, according to PA Media. The court heard that Edwards engaged in online chat with an adult man on WhatsApp who sent him 377 sexual images, 41 of which were indecent images of children. All charges were in relation to images of children under the age of 18. The court heard that seven of the illegal images were classified as category A, the most severe classification of indecent images of children under English law. Edwards leaves court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to having 41 indecent images of children on WhatsApp.

Persons: Huw Edwards, Edwards, WhatsApp, “, Dan Kitwood, Philip Evans, Mr Edwards, Mr, ” Evans, ” Edwards Organizations: London CNN — Former, PA Media, ’, London’s Metropolitan Police, Metropolitan Police, BBC

☆ Huw Edwards charged with making indecent images of children
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | Pauline Lockwood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

London CNN —Former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children, London’s Metropolitan Police said Monday. The charges related to images allegedly shared on WhatsApp, a police spokesperson said. Police charged Edwards, a former anchor of the BBC’s News at Ten bulletin, last month, the statement said. “The offences, which are alleged to have taken place between December 2020 and April 2022, relate to images shared on a WhatsApp chat,” the statement said. The BBC’s annual report, published last week, revealed that Edwards was paid between £475,000 ($610,000) and £479,999 ($616,000) in the period from April 2023 to March 2024.

Persons: Huw Edwards, Edwards, “ Edwards, ” Edwards Organizations: London CNN — Former BBC, London’s Metropolitan Police, Police, Crown Prosecution Service, ’, BBC Locations: Westminster, London

☆ Alex Jones’ court trustee plans to shut down his notorious conspiracy outlet Infowars
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media empire will be shut down and sold off, a bankruptcy court-appointed trustee said in an emergency court filing Sunday, signalling the end of the notorious far-right outlet that Jones has used to spread dangerous misinformation and lies. But at that time, the judge ruled Jones’ media company Free Speech Systems, the parent of Infowars, would not be liquidated partly because the process would be costly and lengthy. The dismissal of the bankruptcy case against the outlet meant that the families were free to go after Jones’ assets, including Infowars, in state court. Since Jones is the owner of Free Speech Systems, a court appointed trustee was put in charge of the company. As a result, Jones’ trustee asked the bankruptcy judge for an emergency stay in the case to allow them to conduct an “orderly wind-down and sale process” of Infowars.

Persons: Alex Jones ’, Jones, Sandy Hook, “, Christopher Mattei, Connecticut, ”, ” Mattei, ” Jones, Infowars, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Speech Systems, Free Speech Systems, Systems, Court, Free, “ Locations: Texas, Infowars, Connecticut, Infowars

☆ Matthew Trickett: British man accused of spying for Hong Kong’s intelligence services found dead in park
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Sharon Braithwaite | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —A man charged by British police for allegedly spying for Hong Kong’s intelligence services, has been found dead in a park outside of London. Trickett had appeared alongside two other suspects at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on May 13, charged with national security offences. “Trickett was on court bail, awaiting court proceedings, which required him to register at a police station regularly,” the police said. Relations between Hong Kong and its former colonial ruler Britain have soured in recent years following mass pro-democracy protests in the Chinese city in 2019 and 2020. The British government has criticized Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed crackdown on almost all opposition in the years following the protests, while Hong Kong authorities have bristled at Britain providing a safe haven for pro-democracy leaders sought by the Hong Kong police.

Persons: Hong, Matthew Trickett, Trickett, “ Trickett, Trickett’s, John Lee, Hong Kong’s, Louisa Cieciora, Lee, Lucas Lilieholm, Chris Lau, Jerome Taylor Organizations: London CNN, British, London . Police, Thames, ’, The Times, Embassy, Hong, Hong Kong, Police, Hong Kong Economic, Trade Office, Economic, Trade Locations: London, Maidenhead , Berkshire, Sunday, Westminster, Hong Kong, Britain, Hong Kong’s Beijing

☆ Opinion: In Trump Trial, Stormy Daniels testimony was revealing — about America
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Opinion Danielle Campoamor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

For two days in Manhattan, Stephanie Gregory Clifford — better known as Stormy Daniels — detailed her connection to former President Donald Trump and alleged sexual encounter with him in 2006. But it matters that the media decided to erroneously describe a grown woman openly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with a grown man as obscene. The words used to characterize Daniels’ testimony evoke a feeling of inherent wrongness or dirtiness — and not on the part of the accused but of the woman who dared to speak up. While the Manhattan criminal case is not directly tied to Trump’s alleged encounter with Daniels, the details of their brief alleged tryst are crucial to the prosecution’s case. In a 2018 interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, she described her alleged sexual encounter with Trump as consensual.

Persons: Danielle Campoamor, Stephanie Gregory Clifford —, Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump, Danielle Campoamor Ashley Batz, Daniels, “, tawdry, Trump’s, Trump, Jean Carroll, —, Eric, ”, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, I’ve Organizations: NBC, CNN, Republican, Trump, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Manhattan, Nevada, ”

The day after U.K. police charged three men with assisting Hong Kong’s intelligence service, China’s ambassador to Britain was summoned for an official reprimand by the British foreign ministry in the latest sign of growing tension between London and Beijing. The British government said that it had called the ambassador, Zheng Zeguang, to its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office after the three men appeared in court on Monday. The Foreign Office said in a statement that it had been “unequivocal in setting out that the recent pattern of behavior directed by China against the U.K.” was not acceptable. It cited cyberattacks, alleged espionage and the issuing of bounties for information leading to the prosecution of dissidents who fled Hong Kong after its crackdown on the pro-democracy movement and resettled in Britain. The three men who appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday have been charged with gathering intelligence for Hong Kong, a former British colony which is a special administrative region of China, and of forcing entry into a U.K. residential address.

Persons: Hong, Zheng Zeguang, ”, cyberattacks Organizations: Foreign, Commonwealth, Development, U.K, ’ Locations: Britain, British, London, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Westminster

Hong Kong CNN —Hong Kong’s leader responded on Tuesday after three people were charged by British police for allegedly spying on behalf of the city’s intelligence services. Relations between Hong Kong and its former colonial ruler Britain have soured in recent years following mass pro-democracy protests in the Chinese city in 2019 and 2020. The British government has criticized Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed crackdown on almost all opposition in the years following the protests, while Hong Kong authorities have bristled at Britain providing a safe haven for pro-democracy leaders sought by the Hong Kong police. Hong Kong leader Lee noted in his Tuesday news conference that one of the men charged was the office manager of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London but did not directly address a question over whether it was involved in surveillance of Hong Kong dissidents in the UK. Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee is speaking at a press conference on April 30, 2024.

Persons: Hong, Chi Leung, Peter, Wai, Matthew Trickett, Chung Biu Yuen, Hong Kong’s, John Lee, ” Lee, Chi Leung Wai, Yui Mok, Jonathan Brady, Yuen, Louisa Cieciora, Lee, Vernon Yuen, ”, Dominic Murphy Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, British, Hong, city’s Metropolitan Police, Hong Kong, Embassy, Westminster Magistrates, Administrative, Police, Hong Kong Economic, Trade Office, . Hong, Economic, Trade, Metropolitan Police, UK National Security, Crown Prosecution Service, Command, Met Police Locations: Hong Kong, Westminster, London, city’s, Britain, Hong Kong’s Beijing, . Hong Kong, England

☆ U.K. Police Charge 3 Men With Aiding Hong Kong Intelligence Service
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Stephen Castle | More About Stephen Castle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Three men have been charged with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service, the London Metropolitan Police said on Monday, following an investigation in which arrests and searches were carried out across England. The three people charged under Britain’s National Security Act were identified as Chi Leung (Peter) Wai, 38, of Staines-upon-Thames, Matthew Trickett, 37, of Maidenhead, and Chung Biu Yuen, 63, of Hackney, East London. “The foreign intelligence service to which the above charges relate is that of Hong Kong,” the police said in a statement. All three men were to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday. As court proceedings are now active, Britain’s reporting restrictions apply, preventing speculation about the case.

Persons: Chi Leung, Peter, Wai, Matthew Trickett, Chung Biu Yuen Organizations: Hong, London Metropolitan Police, Britain’s National Security, ’ Locations: Hong Kong, England, Staines, Maidenhead, Hackney, East London, Westminster

CNN —Three people in Germany have been arrested under suspicion of spying for China, while two people have been charged in the United Kingdom for espionage offenses. “Allegations suggest the suspects have had ties to a Chinese secret service since before June 2022,” the German prosecutor’s office said in a statement. The couple are accused of buying and exporting a specialized laser to China without authorization, violating European Union regulations. Germany’s justice minister Marco Buschmann congratulated the prosecutor’s office in a post on social media platform X, writing that the arrests highlighted the need to stay vigilant. Separately in the UK, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced charges against two men who allegedly breached the UK’s Official Secrets Act on behalf of China.

Persons: Thomas R, Thomas, Herwig, Ina F, Marco Buschmann, Nick Price Organizations: CNN, Federal Prosecutor’s Office, Foreign Trade, Ministry of State Security, Britain’s, Prosecution Service, CPS, Terrorism, Crown Prosecution Service, Metropolitan Police, ’ Locations: Germany, China, United Kingdom, Westminster, London

☆ Opinion: Caitlin Clark is still the GOAT, but she’s not the only one
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Opinion Amy Bass | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

This year’s women’s tournament just kept getting better with every turn. That intensity is proof positive that women’s basketball has exploded. The valuation of the college game, too, is on a meteoric rise. Caitlin Clark talks with the media after Iowa's loss to South Carolina in the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament National Championship on April 7. “I want to personally thank Caitlin Clark for lifting up our sport… she carried a heavy load,” Staley said.

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☆ Wendy Williams’ family reveals heartbreaking toll of her health issues in harrowing documentary
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Elizabeth Wagmeister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“’There’s no more ‘Wendy Williams Show.’ They decided to cancel it. A representative for Williams’ care team declined to comment on the Lifetime documentary, and it is unclear whether this care team is working with Williams’ guardian. Wendy Williams in 2019. “Where Is Wendy Williams?” – a four-part documentary airing February 24 and 25 – is the result. Where is Wendy Williams?

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LONDON (AP) — Police in England say a drunken driver did the right thing after doing the wrong thing. An emergency dispatcher received an unusual call just before noon Monday when a motorist reported he was driving drunk and said he “doesn’t know what he is doing,” North Yorkshire police said. “Man calls the police to report that HE is a drink driver,” police said, using the British term for the offense. When officers arrived, the 52-year-old man was in a van on the side of the road. He was arrested Monday and held in custody and released after being charged Tuesday with drunken driving in Harrogate Magistrates’ Court.

Persons: “, “ It’s Organizations: — Police, ”, Yorkshire police, ’ Locations: England, Yorkshire, Harrogate

☆ CNN Poll: Most Americans want verdict on Trump election subversion charges before 2024 vote
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Jennifer Agiesta | Ariel Edwards-Levy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Most Americans want to see a verdict on the federal charges former President Donald Trump faces related to election subversion in 2020 before this year’s presidential election, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. About half of Americans, 48%, say it’s essential that a verdict is reached before the 2024 presidential election, and another 16% that they’d prefer to see one. Trump currently faces four separate criminal indictments, including federal charges related to his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Among those who see a pre-election verdict in the federal Trump election subversion case as essential, just 35% express trust in the Supreme Court on election-related cases. About half (48%) of Americans say they’d favor Trump attempting a mass deportation of undocumented immigrants and 39% that they’d favor repealing and replacing the ACA.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Stormy Daniels, It’s, he’ll, Joe Biden, Biden, he’s, Trump pardoning, SSRS, CNN’s Katelyn Polantz, Nicholas Anastácio Organizations: CNN, SSRS, Supreme, Trump, Capitol, Attorney, Mar, Republican Party, White, Republican, White House, Department of Justice, Democratic, Department, DOJ Locations: New York, Manhattan, Washington , DC, Florida, Georgia

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg was acquitted Friday of refusing to follow a police order to leave a protest blocking the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year. “The conditions imposed on the protest were unclear, uncertain and unlawful,” defense lawyer Raj Chada said outside court. Thunberg and other climate protesters have accused fossil fuel companies of deliberately slowing the global energy transition to renewables in order to make more profit. Thunberg rose to prominence after staging weekly protests outside the Swedish Parliament starting in 2018. Last summer, she was fined by a Swedish court for disobeying police and blocking traffic during an environmental protest at an oil facility.

Persons: Greta Thunberg, John Law, Thunberg, Law, Raj Chada's, Raj Chada, Matthew Cox, ” Cox, “, ” Thunberg, Luke Staton Organizations: —, ’, Energy Intelligence Forum, Metropolitan Police, Swedish Locations: London, Swedish, Westminster, North, Scotland, Sweden

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg went on trial Thursday for refusing to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year. She and four Fossil Free London protesters have pleaded not guilty. Thunberg and other climate protesters have accused fossil fuel companies of deliberately slowing the global energy transition to renewables in order to make more profit. They also oppose the U.K. government’s recent approval of drilling for oil in the North Sea, off the coast of Scotland. Last summer, she was fined by a Swedish court for disobeying police and blocking traffic during an environmental protest at an oil facility.

Persons: Greta Thunberg, Thunberg, Matthew Cox, ” Cox, Cox, Luke Staton, ” Organizations: —, Energy Intelligence Forum, ’, Free, InterContinental, Swedish Locations: London, Swedish, Westminster, North, Scotland, Sweden

LONDON (AP) — A 26-year-old man who tried to sell what he claimed was a walking stick used by the late Queen Elizabeth II has been sentenced for defrauding eBay buyers. Dru Marshall, from Hampshire in southern England, claimed he was a senior footman at Windsor Castle and that the proceeds from the sale of the “antler walking stick” would go to cancer research. The auction had reached 540 pounds ($686) before he cancelled the listing after learning police had launched an investigation, prosecutors said. He was found guilty of fraud by false representation at Southampton Magistrates’ Court and sentenced on Monday to a 12-month community order. “Dru Marshall used the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to try and hoodwink the public with a fake charity auction – fueled by greed and a desire for attention,’’ Julie Macey, a senior crown prosecutor, said.

Persons: Queen Elizabeth II, Dru Marshall, “ Dru Marshall, ’ ’ Julie Macey, “, ’ Organizations: eBay, Windsor Castle, Southampton, ’, Associated Press Locations: Hampshire, England, Windsor

CNN —Abigail Edan, the 4-year-old American dual citizen abducted by Hamas on October 7, has been released – marking the first successful release of an American hostage since the start of a truce between Israel and Hamas. Edan is one of the 17 hostages released Sunday. Two American women who are unaccounted for are also expected to be part of the group of 50 women and children hostages released as part of a four-day truce, now in its third day. But we do know this: We have reason to believe that today, one American will be released,” he said. Humanitarian aid into GazaSullivan also detailed some of the inspection mechanisms involved with getting humanitarian aid into Gaza.

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☆ Biden administration has ‘reason to believe’ an American hostage will be released by Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Arlette Saenz | Betsy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The Biden administration has “reason to believe” one of the Americans held hostage by Hamas will be released Sunday, a top US official said Sunday. All 41 foreign nationals released so far by Hamas from captivity in Gaza are in stable condition, according to medical professionals. But we do know this: We have reason to believe that today, one American will be released,” he said. “Israel is focused on learning anything it can about whereabouts, locations and other information based on conversations they have with the released hostages in the days ahead,” he said. Humanitarian aid into GazaSullivan also detailed some of the inspection mechanisms involved with getting humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Persons: CNN —, Biden, “, Jake Sullivan, CNN’s Dana, ”, ” Sullivan, Abigail Edan, Abigail, —, Sullivan, Omer Neutra, Omer, Israel, ” “, debriefings, Gaza Sullivan, it’s, Netanyahu “, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Jack Forrest Organizations: CNN, Union, United Nations, UN, Israel Locations: American, “ State, Israel, Gaza, Qatar, Egypt, Rafah

☆ Cyberattack on Kansas Courts Leaves Lawyers Filing ‘Everything by Fax’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Shannon Najmabadi | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kansas’ online court system was disconnected after a ‘sophisticated foreign’ attack. Photo: John Hanna/Associated PressKansas attorney Kayla Clark can typically file legal documents online. She can see when a judge signed them. But she has been locked out of this digital world for more than a month, one of numerous lawyers and litigants forced to go analog in the wake of an October cyberattack that has crippled Kansas’ court system and made it mostly impossible to pay fines, file for divorces or complete other legal tasks online.

Persons: John Hanna, Kayla Clark Organizations: Kansas, Associated Press Locations: Associated Press Kansas, Kansas

LONDON (AP) — Four men were charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English country mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born. The toilet, valued at 4.8 million pounds ($5.95 million), was an artwork titled “America” and intended as a pointed satire about excessive wealth by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan. It was part of an art installation at Blenheim Palace, near the city of Oxford, a few days before it vanished overnight in September 2019. The Crown Prosecution Service said Monday it has authorized criminal charges against four men, ages 35-39, over the theft. The golden toilet was fully functioning, and prior to the theft, visitors to the exhibition could book a three-minute appointment to use it.

Persons: Winston Churchill, Maurizio Cattelan, ”, Will, Matthew Barber Organizations: Crown Prosecution Service, Police, UNESCO, Guggenheim Museum, Thames Valley Police, BBC, Oxford, ’ Locations: Blenheim, Oxford, New York

☆ Jeff Wilson: Hong Kong court acquits Washington state senator over airport firearms charge
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Jadyn Beverley Sham | Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Both prosecution and defense lawyers argued that this was a special case, citing Wilson’s self-declaration at the Hong Kong customs and his admission to possessing a firearm by mistake during questioning. The Republican state senator, whose full name is Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, also has a clear record in the city and had an open manner throughout the investigation, the court heard. After the court’s decision, Wilson’s office issued a statement saying the state senator had “inadvertently” brought the unloaded revolver on an international flight and acknowledged responsibility. Wilson was arrested as he could not provide any valid license to carry arms in Hong Kong. Wilson also noted in his statement that his gun was registered in Washington state and that he holds a concealed firearms license.

Persons: Stephen Jeff Wilson, Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, ”, Don So, Wilson, “, ” Wilson Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Washington, West, Republican, HK, Hong Kong International Locations: Hong Kong, American, West Kowloon, ”, United States, Southeast Asia, San Francisco, Portland, Washington

HONG KONG (AP) — A Washington state senator was arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun that was not registered in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, his website and local media reported. Jeff Wilson, a Republican from Longview, was arrested after landing at the Hong Kong International Airport on Saturday. Under Hong Kong law, it is illegal to carry a firearm without a license. Offenders face a fine of up to 100,000 Hong Kong dollars ($12,800) and can be sentenced to up to 14 years if convicted. According to Wilson's website, he had discovered the weapon mid-flight between San Francisco and Hong Kong and reported it to customs authorities on landing.

Persons: Jeff Wilson, Wilson, Hong, ”, Hong Kong's Organizations: Republican, Hong Kong International Airport, RTHK, West, Hong, Hong Kong's Customs, Excise Department, Hong Kong Locations: HONG KONG, Washington, Hong Kong, Longview, Southeast Asia, West Kowloon, San Francisco

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