US politician

A US politician has been arrested in Hong Kong for having a gun in his carry-on luggage on a flight. Jeff Wilson, a Republican senator from Washington state, was arrested at Hong Kong International Airport after arriving from San Francisco. He appeared in court on Monday charged with carrying a firearm without a licence, and was released on bail. Mr Wilson said it was "an honest mistake"and he expected it all would be resolved soon. In a statement on his website, the senator said he was travelling with his wife on the first leg of a five-week holiday in Southeast…