The Hong Kong government responded that it would not comment on individual cases.
British Liberal Democrat, Wella Hobhouse, was denied entry on April 10th when he went to Hong Kong to visit his relatives.
In an April 15th article published in The Guardian, Hobhouse called on the British government to respond strongly to the threat from the Chinese Communist Party, saying that there should be no Minister’s visit until the UK receives a clear explanation from China.
Hobhouse said she and her husband went to Hong Kong last Thursday to visit their newborn grandchild but stopped upon arrival, questioned for three hours, and their luggage was thoroughly searched.
Eventually they were said to have been denied entry and bundled up on their next flight to London without explanation, Hobhouse said.
She described the experience as one of “distress” and “confusion,” which stemmed from her membership in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPAC) on China and her public criticism of Beijing’s human rights abuses.
In this article, Hobhouse criticized the authoritarian tactics of the Chinese communist regime as “opaque and inexplicable,” and warned the British government not to view it as merely a “cost of business.”
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She called on British government officials to visit China before Hong Kong authorities gave a clear explanation of her deportation, limiting the influence of the regime in the UK, and immediately halting plans to build a “super embassy” in London, which would form the basis for a potential “spid dungeon” and preventing a comprehensive review of “human rights countries and civil servants,” such as “human rights countries.”
On April 14, the UK’s Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Douglas Alexander, visiting mainland China and Hong Kong, expressed concerns and concerns from the Secretary General of the UK Government, Eric Chang Kwok Kee and other senior Hong Kong government officials, demanding reasons to reject the holy MP.
The British government said impose irrational restrictions on British citizens entering Hong Kong only further undermines Hong Kong’s international reputation and its connections with important people between the UK and Hong Kong. He emphasized that it is unacceptable for MPs to be rejected simply to express their opinions.
The statement said Hong Kong’s immigration sector is law in each case “in accordance with relevant laws and immigration policies.”
