US state senator acquitted of illegal firearms possession in Hong Kong
© Reuters. U.S. Washington state senator Jeff Wilson leaves the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, in Hong Kong, China October 30, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Wilson, a member of the Washington State Senate representing the 19th district, was arrested in Hong Kong on Oct. 21 when he arrived at the airport with a pistol in his carry-on luggage. A Republican party member, he has served in the state senate since 2021 and is also a Port of Longview Commissioner.
Wilson was travelling with his wife on the first leg of a five week vacation in Southeast Asia. He did a self declaration of arms at customs and he brought a revolver by mistake, the court was told. The weapon was discovered mid-flight between San Francisco and Hong Kong, when he reached into his briefcase for a piece of gum and felt his unloaded revolver inside, the statement said.
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