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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A jet ski rider who has been detained since he washed up on South Korea’s coast is believed to be a Chinese dissident who feared for his safety and fled by crossing hundreds of miles of sea, trailing barrels of fuel behind him.

The coast guard in the western South Korean port city of Incheon said in a statement Sunday that a Chinese man in his 30s tried to illegally enter the country Aug. 16 by riding a jet ski from the Shandong area of China, an eastern province around 200 miles away across the Yellow Sea.

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[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 44 points 1 year ago

People like him are welcome in the non-authoritarian part of thè world. Just sad that he had to leave family and friends behind.

Also, very cool stunt!

[-] Magister@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

And he will be tracked wherever he goes by "china police" in foreign countries, like there's in Canada, who will threaten to kill his family in China.

[-] jcit878@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

any country a citizen needs to run from in fear for their life is objectively an utter shithole

[-] boyi@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 1 year ago

Lee said Kwon attended Iowa State University and has a degree in aerodynamics.

He puts his knowledge to good use.

[-] NotSpez@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

He Is a Man of Focus, Commitment and Sheer Fucking Will

[-] radioactiveradio@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

And a lot of petroleum.

[-] WhiteTiger@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Nobody noticed the dude zip tying 300 miles worth of fuel to his jet ski?

[-] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

It's not that much fuel. From what I can tell, jet skis usually get about 20 miles per gallon, so he would need 15 gallons of fuel, minimum

[-] WhiteTiger@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Article states a lot more than that.

[-] Link69@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I can’t imagine crossing a sea for hundreds of miles on a jet ski, this sounds crazy dangerous especially given recent weather in East Asia

[-] CeeBee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Milton Fludgecow did it.

Context

[-] radioactiveradio@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Like that last scene in resident evil 4, he might be carrying the President's daughter too.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Most fun defection ever! Going to lose his deposit though.

Jk jk that's a terrible joke.

this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
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