With five barrels of petrol, binoculars and a compass, Kwon Pyong navigates a jet ski more than 300 kilometres across the Yellow Sea from Shandong to Incheon.
A Chinese rights activist and critic of President Xi Jinping has fled the country on a jet ski, travelling more than 300 kilometres to South Korea, where he was arrested by the coastguard.Chinese rights activist Kwon Pyong called for rescue after becoming stuck in tidal flats near Incheon's cruise terminalMr Kwon is considering whether to apply for asylum in South Korea or another country
South Korea-based campaigner Lee Dae-seon, from the Dialogue China NGO, said the escapee was Chinese rights activist Kwon Pyong.
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