Arrested Huawei executive Sabrina Meng’s passport in order, says Hong Kong Immigration Department
- Three passports in three years explained by name change, according to government source
- The department did not name Meng but, responding to media inquiries about a Hong Kong permanent resident, said she held only one valid passport
The Hong Kong Immigration Department revealed for the first time on Monday night that there were no irregularities in the three passports issued to the Huawei Technologies executive recently detained in Canada. It also said she held only one valid Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport, but it did not say why she needed three such documents in three years.
Meanwhile a government source told the Post that Sabrina Meng Wanzhou renewed the passports within a short time because she had changed her name.
The department was responding to the drama involving Meng, arrested in Vancouver at the behest of the United States, as Canadian court documents showed the permanent Hong Kong resident had at least seven passports – four from mainland China and three from the Hong Kong SAR.
If a valid visa of another country is still on a cancelled passport, travellers sometimes have to present both the expired and the current valid passport to the immigration officers abroad
But the documents did not state if the three Hong Kong passports, of different serial numbers, all beginning with the initials “KJ”, were valid at the same time.
The Immigration Department hinted in a statement issued on Monday night that Meng holds only one valid SAR passport at present.
Without naming Meng, the department said it was responding to media inquiries regarding a Hong Kong permanent resident who holds multiple SAR passports.
It said it had reviewed the relevant passports and found the vetting, issuing and cancellation of the documents were done in accordance with the relevant law.