'Troublesome' Hong Kong activist Yang Kuang sent home from Beijing
I was released because I did nothing wrong, says Yang Kuang after expulsion from Beijing
The Hong Kong activist arrested in Beijing while trying to visit the wife of jailed Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo received a warm welcome on his return home last night.
Yang Kuang said he had been escorted to Beijing airport and put on a flight after being held for over 30 hours by police, who told him he had been detained for "provoking quarrels and making trouble".
On his arrival at Hong Kong International Airport, he was met by a dozen supporters holding banners and flowers. They cheered as he appeared in the arrival hall. "I am very pleased to set foot in free Hong Kong again," said Yang, smiling.
He said he had been treated roughly at the time of his arrest, when his face was shoved into the pavement, drawing blood, but that no force had been used against him during his detention.
The authorities like to make up excuses and arrest you. This time it has been better. They did not say [Yang] possessed drugs
He said he had been denied contact with the "outside world" for two days. "It was a normal procedure for mainland police," he said. "I was told I would be repatriated."