Wen Yi Wang, a naturalized US citizen was arrested and charged “harassing a foreign official”. She was yelling at Chinese President Hu Jintao, berating him for the persecution of the Chinese religious sect Falun Gong. If convicted, she faces six months in prison and a fine of $5,000. This is ridiculous! LAST TIME I CHECKED, THIS WAS THE UNITED STATES! Our constitution guarentees us FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Freedom of speech may not be available in China, but he wasn’t in China! He was in the US!

Posted by Rob in Whatever on April 21st, 2006 |