US state senator charged for illegal possession of firearms
Local | 23 Oct 2023 4:07 pm
Photo Credit: Sing Tao DailyA senator from Washington State, United States was charged with possessing arms without license after being found with a revolver at the Hong Kong International Airport. The case has been adjourned to next Monday (Oct 30) and the politician has to surrender his travel documents.
Stephen Jeff Wilson, a senator from the 19th Legislative District of Washington State, was arrested at the Terminal 1 Arrivals Hall last Saturday (Oct 21) when a baggage screener found a gun in his belongings.
The 63-year-old was subsequently arrested as he could not provide any license for the revolver.
The case was mentioned in the Shatin Magistrates' Courts on Monday, and Wilson did not need to enter a plea yet.
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He was granted cash bail of HK$20,000 and ordered to surrender his travel documents and not to leave Hong Kong. The next hearing will be held on October 30 at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts.
It was learned that he has no fixed place of abode in Hong Kong.
According to Sing Tao Daily, the Standard's sister paper, Wilson has some verbal exchanges with reporters who were taking photos of him stepping out of the court.
He and his wife, along with some relatives, verbally abused the reporters and asked them to delete the photos. The family later reported the incident to the police with some officers arrived at the scene for mediation, according to Sing Tao's report.
Wilson is also a member of several committees for the Washington Senate, including the State Government & Elections (Ranking Member), Housing, Human Services, and Transportation committees
