Washington ? Police on Monday tackled and arrested a man who deposited two suitcases in front of the west side of the U.S. Capitol, did not move and asked to speak to President Bush.

The man, whose name was not released, is a 33-year-old Chinese national who has been in the country less than a week, said Terrance W. Gainer, chief of the U.S. Capitol Police.

Capitol Police approach an unidentified man who stood in front of the U.S. Capitol Monday with two suitcases.

Dean Boyd, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the man had entered the country legally.

The incident began around 12:40 p.m., Gainer said, when police became suspicious after the man placed his luggage down and “took a statue-like pose” on a plaza on the west side of the Capitol, looking up at the building. He told officers that he wanted to speak to the president, Gainer said.

After evacuating that side of the Capitol over concerns of a possible bomb, armed officers ran toward the man and tackled him.

The man, who did not resist, was detained for questioning by the Capitol Police, the FBI and the Secret Service.

The Capitol Police “discombobulated” the suitcase with the intent of destroying it.