Hi Soda,
Originally posted by soda72
violent protester at work in China...
Hmm wouldn't be suprised if this guy is still in jail for his crime...
Would that he were. The man was identified as Wang Weilin, student protestor. He is in all likelihood, very, very dead. A fellow by the name of Andrew Ho wrote the following eulogy for him:
"I will never be able to meet Wang Weilin; although there are no official reports on his current whereabouts, and even his real name is uncertain, unofficial leaks point to his execution by firing squad a few months following the June 1989 massacre. Without recognition, his life passed from the pages of history like a soldier slain and immediately forgotten. His death, as well as his life, is a sobering reminder of how much courage is required from us all as we journey onwards in what will always remain an imperfect world striving painfully for perfection. Wang Weilin is one person who displayed that courage beautifully when it was required from him; it is on the shoulders of people like him that the future rests. It can only be hoped that there are many among us who can display a similar courage when our own testing times come."An American reporter at the scene, Charlie Cole, witnessed his arrest by the PSB immediately after the confrontation with the tanks.
Methinks Mr. Weilin might have preferred a swift kick in the groin...
- SEAGOON