Taiwan scholar turned away on arrival in Hong Kong
BEIJING - A Taiwanese academic says he was turned away by Hong Kong immigration officials after he flew to the territory to speak at a conference commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement.
Tseng Chien-yuan said he was told Friday morning that the central government in Beijing had issued an order banning him from the city. Hong Kong is a former British colony that retains its own laws and civil liberties, but mainland China controls immigration and external security.
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Tseng's rejection underscores China's extreme sensitivity toward commemorations of the bloody crushing of the 1989 student-led movement centered on Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
Hong Kong Secretary of Security Lai Tung-kwok told reporters he couldn't comment on individual cases but that officers had to turn away those who didn't meet 'relevant requirements.'
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