A pregnant woman, one of the three Falun Gong members denied entry to Hong Kong, is on hunger strike inside the airport's restricted zone.
Wendy Fang Wenqing, 30, who is five months pregnant, has been in the airport since arriving from San Francisco on Wednesday morning. She has refused to eat since. Ms Fang, although married to a US resident, still travels on a mainland passport. She said immigration officials had refused her entry and urged her to return to the US because she did not have a valid visa.
'About five to six uniformed officials tried to push me on board a plane to Taipei today and yesterday,' she said by phone. 'They said they refused my entry because of my unknown intention.' She said she wanted to see her parents in Shanghai and see the Buddha statue on Lantau Island.
Ms Fang said officials questioned her about other sect followers during the inquiries. 'They asked me for a list of people who practise Falun Gong and our leaders,' she said.
The other two sect members were sent back where they came from. Yang Min, also a Chinese citizen, said he had become a 'human ball' as his Japan work visa had expired but he was forced on board a plane back to Japan yesterday afternoon.
Yeung Tsui-ping, the third Falun Gong follower refused entry on Wednesday, was sent back to Macau soon after his arrival.