A US state senator has been charged with possessing arms without a license after he was found with a revolver at Hong Kong airport.
Jeff Wilson, a Republican senator from Washington state, appeared at Shatin Magistrates’ Courts on Monday following his Saturday arrest. He was released on a cash bail of HK$20,000 and ordered to hand over his travel documents and not to leave Hong Kong, local media reported.
Sing Tao Daily reported that Wilson, as well as his wife and two men who were with him, got into an altercation with reporters who took photos of him as he was leaving the courthouse. The police were called, with Wilson’s group demanding reporters delete the photos saying Wilson had not consented to being photographed.
Police arrived on the scene to mediate, as Wilson and his wife threatened to photograph the reporters in retaliation.
Wilson is scheduled to appear at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts next Monday.
