The protests after the British deputy refused entry to Hong Kong | Hong Kong
Foreign secretary David Lammy said he was deeply worried after a British politician has been denied entry Hong KongAnd that he would urgently raise the problem with the Chinese authorities.
Thursday Wra Hobhouse was denied entry to Hong Kong for a personal journey to visit his son, who has lived there since 2019, and the new nephew.
He said it was the first British parliamentarian who was refused to enter Hong Kong’s arrival since the former British colony was delivered China In 1997. He described the decision as “cruel” and “an insult to all parliamentarians”.
She said The Sunday Times: “My son was waiting for the arrivals on the other side. I couldn’t even see him and give him a hug and I hadn’t seen him for a year.”
The democratic liberal is a member of the inter-parliamentary alliance on China (IPAC), which monitors and examines Beijing. He said that no explanation was given for refusal.
On Sunday Lammy said: “It is profoundly worrying to know that a parliamentarian on a personal journey was refused to entry Hong Kong.
“We will raise him urgently with the authorities of Hong Kong and Beijing to ask for an explanation.”
Lammy added: “As I clarified at the beginning of this week, it would be unacceptable that a parliamentarian will be denied the entrance for simply exposed their opinions as a parliamentarian. The unjustified restrictions on freedom of movement cannot only serve to undermine the international reputation of Hong Kong”.
The Sunday Times reported that Hobhouse had confiscated the passport, was asked about his work and the purpose of his visit, made his baggage search and then was taken to the boarding gate. “When I was given the decision, my voice trembled and I was just saying:” Why, please explain to me? “” He said as he said.
His parliamentary colleagues expressed indignation for the decision, with the leader of Lib Dem Sir and Davey who said he was “heartless” and “totally unacceptable”.
In a declaration, the IPAC he said The exclusion of Hobhouse “appears to be linked to his criticism of the documentation on human rights of Beijing and perhaps to his belonging to this network” and described it as a “affront to democratic principles and personal freedoms”.
In addition to being a member of the IPAC, Hobhouse previously spoke against the abuse of human rights of the Chinese government in Tibet and the repression of freedom of speech to Hong Kong.
China has previously prohibited several British parliamentarians from entering the country, including the members of the Ipac Sir Iin Duncan Smith and Nusrat Ghani and the former security minister Tom Tugendhat.
A week earlier, Lammy criticized the Israeli government for refusing to allow Labor Mohamed and Yuan Yang parliamentarians to enter the country due to comments that had done on the conflict in Gaza.
Agence France-Presse contacted the Hong Kong government for a comment.
With Agence France-Presse and Press Association
