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Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse denied entry to Hong Kong says it needs to be ‘wake-up name’ to all parliamentarians

By Editorial Board Published April 14, 2025 4 Min Read
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Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse denied entry to Hong Kong says it needs to be ‘wake-up name’ to all parliamentarians

A Liberal Democrat MP who was denied entry to Hong Kong on a household go to has mentioned it needs to be a “wake-up call” to all parliamentarians.

She landed at Hong Kong airport on Thursday after a 13-hour flight – solely to be detained by safety, questioned, and placed on a return flight to the UK, The Sunday Instances first reported.

She added that she hopes the federal government will “push for an explanation” and discover out “whether there is such a blacklist and what it is that they don’t like about me”.

The MP mentioned she suspects it occurred as a result of she is a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (Ipac). though she mentioned she has “not been more outspoken than other MPs about criticising the Chinese Communist Party”.

“Therefore, anybody who is seen as standing up for freedom, democracy and human rights should feel that they are going to be targeted by the Chinese authorities and that is really, really chilling,” she mentioned.

China has beforehand banned different Ipac members, together with Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Nusrat Ghani, in addition to former safety minister Tom Tugendhat.

Liberal Democrat chief Sir Ed Davey has known as on the overseas secretary to summon the Chinese language ambassador within the wake of the choice, which he described as “heartless” and “totally unacceptable”.

In a letter to David Lammy, he requested the minister to uncover “why a British MP and her family have been treated in such an appalling way”.

“We are sure you will agree that this is a deeply concerning situation,” Sir Ed mentioned.

“The UK cannot allow the Chinese government to attempt to undermine our democracy by intimidating our parliamentarians.”

Mr Lammy beforehand described Ms Hobhouse’s expertise as “deeply concerning” and mentioned he would “urgently raise” the problems with authorities in each Hong Kong and Beijing to “demand an explanation”.

Talking for the federal government on Monday, Treasury minister James Murray additionally described it as “very concerning”, including that “clearly it would not be right to prevent a British MP from entering another country purely on the basis of what they had said”.

He mentioned the UK needs to be “pragmatic and clear-headed” in regards to the state of affairs and “there are different ways in which we engage with China”.

Picture:
Yuan Yang (left) and Abtisam Mohamed

It comes after two Labour MPs had been denied entry to Israel final week.

Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed had been deported from the nation as a consequence of feedback that they had made in regards to the battle in Gaza.

They had been suspected of planning to “document the activities of security forces and spread anti-Israeli hatred”, in response to Israel’s immigration ministry.

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