Blacklisted: Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong deported from Thailand at Beijing’s request
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says detention and expulsion of Demosisto activist from Bangkok is Beijing’s business
Hong Kong student activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung was denied entry to Bangkok, detained for 12 hours and sent back home on Wednesday at Beijing’s request, with Thailand’s military leader declaring it was “China’s business”.
Wong, 19, had been invited to Bangkok’s leading university to mark the 40th anniversary of a student massacre – a highly sensitive time for the junta which seized power in 2014.
“He already went back to China,” junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha told reporters. “Officials there have requested to take him back. It’s Chinese officials’ business. Don’t get involved too much. They are all Chinese people no matter Hong Kong or mainland China.”
Recounting his ordeal back in Hong Kong, Wong said he was surrounded by 20 police and immigration officers who confiscated his passport and detained him in a cell at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport.
