Kim Jong-un impersonator Howard X says his flat was raided after being arrested over "firearm possession”

Hong Kong’s well-known Kim Jong-un impersonator, Howard X, wrote on his social media saying police raided his home and arrested him on October 28 last year over a firearm possession charge.

He said officers explained to him that a BB gun with an energy output high enough to be classified as a real firearm was mailed to his home last April, and that authorities had a warrant to search his residence.

“However nothing was found and I was taken away for processing at the airport branch police station,” Howard wrote, adding that he never actually received the gun in the post.

“When I challenged them on the arrest on such ridiculous grounds, they had indicated that the order came from another department higher up and stated they were just doing their jobs.”

The North Korean dictator lookalike, who showed his support for the city’s pro-democracy movement when he attended a 2019 anti-extradition march and a shopping mall protest at IFC last year, said he thinks the arrest was politically motivated.

“In my opinion this was an arbitrary arrest for my satirical critique of the CCP government in the years past,” he said, adding that the officers he spoke to had also referred to his involvement in the protests.

“As a professional impersonator of Kim Jong Un I often make use and own a number of replica BB guns, missiles and nuclear bombs for my performances and videos.” Howard said he has not been charged, but that he is required to report to the police station every six weeks.

“Since I was made to report to the station back in December, I made sure that it was documented and arrived in character at the police station with my rocket to highlight the ridiculous grounds of my arrest.”

Born in Hong Kong, Howard X made one of his first high-profile appearances at the 2014 Occupy Central protests, when he posed next to a Lennon Wall in Admiralty and gave interviews to local and foreign media outlets.