Developing | Hong Kong lawmaker 'Long Hair' denied entry to Malaysia to speak about Tiananmen crackdown

Pan-democratic lawmaker "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung was denied entry at Kuala Lumpur International Airport yesterday, becoming the second Hong Kong activist in a week to be turned back by Malaysian authorities after being invited to speak on mainland Chinese affairs.

He vowed to sue the Malaysian government, while saying it was "absolutely inappropriate" for Hong Kong authorities to remain silent on a foreign state's decision to blacklist a lawmaker for unspecified reasons.

"The Malaysian government has infringed human rights by refusing entry to me as a representative of the Hong Kong people," he told reporters after returning to Chek Lap Kok airport.

Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok said the government respected and would not intervene in immigration decisions enforced by a foreign government in accordance with the law.

Leung found himself shut out of Malaysia when he was heading for a forum as an invited speaker of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown - the same event that Scholarism convenor Joshua Wong Chi-fung was travelling to attend when he was snubbed at Penang International Airport on Tuesday.

The lawmaker was wearing a T-shirt with the words "Vindicate June 4" and a blood-stained cartoon tank at the time.

As soon as he approached an immigration counter at the Kuala Lumpur airport, he said, a Malaysian officer directed him to a room, where his travel documents were temporarily seized.