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Tiananmen Student Leader Seeks Entry to Macau

Tiananmen Student Leader Seeks Entry to Macau
— “A prominent student leader from the 1989 pro-democracy protests at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square says he’s arrived in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau to turn himself in.”
— “Wu’er Kaixi told The Associated Press by phone Wednesday that immigration officials at Macau’s airport took him to a room after he arrived from Taipei. He was not immediately told if he will be allowed to enter the territory.”
— “Wu’er escaped from China after the government’s military crackdown on the 1989 protests and now lives in exile in the self-ruled island of Taiwan.”
— “Wu’er said separately in a statement issued by a friend that he wants to turn himself in to the Chinese government so he can see his family and believes he did nothing wrong.”