Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson was arrested upon arrival at Hong Kong airport after mistakenly bringing a revolver in his briefcase on a trip. He voluntarily turned in his firearm to the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department upon arrival after he noticed on his flight that he accidentally placed his gun in a carry-on briefcase.
After the incident, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) mouthpieces Sing Tao Daily and Ta Kung Pao in Hong Kong twisted the story and suggested that he was “hiding” a gun. The CCP state media in China also followed suit, describing the state senator’s attitude toward the press as “rude.”
