Tiananmen protest leader released

Wu’er Kaixi, a student leader in the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, has been released from custody after allegedly trying to force his way into the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo last week.

The 42-year-old activist, who jumped over a small steel fence in front of the embassy on Friday to mark the 21st anniversary of the bloody crackdown, was quickly overpowered by Japanese police and arrested.