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Under a bind-over arrangement, the Republican state senator was not required to enter a plea.
US Republican state senator Jeff Wilson has been acquitted of possessing arms without a license in Hong Kong after a court issued a bind-over order requiring him to be on good behaviour for two years.
The Washington state politician was arrested by local authorities after he realised he had a revolver in his carry-on luggage and declared the firearm at Hong Kong International Airport last week. He was acquitted on Monday without having to enter a plea.
Wilson appeared before Principal Magistrate Don So at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Monday morning.
Senior Public Prosecutor Cherry Chong proposed that Wilson be handed a bind-over order, having considered the facts of the case and the senator’s attitude, adding that the defendant had a clear record in Hong Kong.
A bind-over order is an agreement between the court and the defendant to maintain good behaviour for a certain period. It is neither a punishment nor a criminal conviction.
US state senator Jeff Wilson, who entered Hong Kong with a gun, to go free on good behaviour order
