Swedish Student Deported from China for 'Freedom Flash Mob'

“I stand for freedom,” said Sven Englund in a recent interview with a Swedish magazine.

The Swedish University student was studying at Fudan University in Shanghai. That is, until Chinese authorities kicked the outspoken student out of China.

Sven had posted three open letters to Chinese leader Hu Jintao on an Internet blog.

In the first letter he asked Hu why the official name of the country was the “People’s Republic of China?” Sven suggested the “Chinese Communist Party State” would be a more appropriate name, because Chinese people don’t have the right to elect their leader.

In Sven’s second letter, he asked Hu why the Chinese regime censors information about historical events.

But it was Sven’s third letter that finally caught the attention of authorities.

In the letter on June 26th, Sven informed the Chinese leader of his intention to organize a “Freedom Flash Mob,” on July 1st, the anniversary of the CCP’s founding.

He invited “friends of freedom” to come to the Bund in Shanghai and stand still with the word “Freedom” written on their bodies.

But when Sven left his home, a police car and two other black vehicles were waiting outside.

Sven told Sweden-based Sveriges Radio he was detained and interrogated for nine hours. Police eventually forced him to write a new post cancelling the flash mob. Authorities then canceled his residence permit and deported him back to Sweden. His crime? “Causing harm to social management.”

Back in Sweden, Sveriges Radio asked Sven if he'd do it again. The answer was yes.

Sven told them: “Right now I don't know the consequences, but there can come something good out of it as more people might get to know about the conditions in China.”

Sven plans to complete his studies in Taiwan.