Caribbean National Weekly

94-year-old arrested for attempting to block Chinese First Lady’s car

By Andrew Karim··1 min read
94-year-old arrested for attempting to block Chinese First Lady’s car
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  • A 94-year-old woman was arrested on Friday after she allegedly tried to block the path of the car carrying of the wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping The elderly woman was the sixth person protestor in two days in connection with the visit of the Chinese President and his wife..
  • Barbera said the obstruction nearly caused a motorcycle deputy to crash while other deputies had to run into the roadway to hustle the woman out of the way of the motorcade.
  • The woman, identified as Chun Yan Wang, was charged with obstructing a roadway.

A 94-year-old woman was arrested on Friday after she allegedly tried to block the path  of the car carrying of the wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping

The elderly woman was the sixth person protestor in  two days in connection with the visit of the Chinese President and his wife..

The motorcade transporting Madame Peng Liyuan and first lady Melania Trump to Mar-a-Lago after a visit to the Bak Middle School of the Arts in West Palm Beach was at Southern Boulevard and Lake Avenue when the woman “jumped into the middle of the road” in front of Peng’s car, sheriff’s spokeswoman Teri Barbera said.

Barbera said the obstruction nearly caused a motorcycle deputy to crash while other deputies had to run into the roadway to hustle the woman out of the way of the motorcade. The woman, identified as Chun Yan Wang, was charged with obstructing a roadway.

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