Chinese human rights activist Feng Zhenghu, 55, has been living in the arrival halls of Tokyo Narita International Airport for over a month. Yearning to return home, Feng walks around with a T-shirt that details his situation in English and another fitted over his luggage in Mandarin. He tried four times to enter a Shanghai airport, but was abruptly turned away and sent back to Japan.
He’s hoping that his public gesture will cause the Chinese government to consider allowing him to return. Wandering the area between the arrival gates and passport control, which has no restaurants or facilities, Feng depends on food handed to him by passengers coming fresh off the plane.
Broadcasting real-time updates of his experience via his Twitter @fzhenghu (English version: @fzhenghu_en) and his blog, Feng has already gained quite a following internationally.
According to BBC, Feng says:
“The thing I want to do now is go to my country and go back home,” he said. “That is the only thing I want.”
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Sounds a lot like the plot from the movie “The Terminal” with Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones!