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Chinese pilot seeks political asylum in U.S.
By Fred Ortega Staff Writer - San Gabriel Valley Tribune
EL MONTE - A Chinese airline pilot is seeking political asylum in the
United States, fearing he will be imprisoned - and perhaps even killed -
for his religious beliefs if he returns to his homeland.
Sheng Yuan, 39, of Shanghai, announced during a hastily organized news
conference Wednesday that he would not be returning to China on his
regularly scheduled flight today. The conference was held at the Asian
American Association building in El Monte by local human rights activists
assisting Yuan in his plight.
Yuan, a follower of the Falun Gong religion outlawed by the Communist
Chinese government...