FBI intervenes for a second time since last summer in case involving Brooklyn-based writer and activist Masih Alinejad
“My crime is giving voice to voiceless people,” said Alinejad – who has also been critical of American diplomatic overtures to Iran – on Twitter. “The US administration must be tough on terror.”
New York City police officers pulled him over nearby after he ran a stop sign, the complaint said. They determined he was driving with only a learner’s permit, put him under arrest, and searched his SUV, finding an AK-47-style rifle in a suitcase on the back seat, according to the court documents.The rifle’s serial number had apparently been obliterated, but markings on the weapon suggested it was manufactured by Norinco, which is owned by the Chinese government. There was also $1,100 in cash.
However, he later admitted the rifle belonged to him and that he was in Brooklyn “because he was looking for someone”, the FBI’s complaint added. He requested an attorney and said he didn’t want to speak with authorities any longer.
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