A Liberal Democrat MP has been denied entry to Hong Kong the place she was because of go to her new child grandson.
Wera Hobhouse 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, she instructed The Instances.
She had been because of go to her three-month-old grandson and described Chinese language authorities’ actions as a “cruel and upsetting blow”.
Ms Hobhouse is a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (Ipac) and has spoken out in opposition to Beijing’s alleged human rights violations in each Hong Kong and Tibet.
China has beforehand banned different Ipac members, together with Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Nusrat Ghani, in addition to former safety minister Tom Tugendhat.
Overseas Secretary David Lammy described Ms Hobhouse’s expertise as “deeply concerning” and says he’ll “urgently raise” the problems with authorities in each Hong Kong and Beijing to “demand an explanation”.
“It is deeply concerning to hear that an MP on a personal trip has been refused entry to Hong Kong,” he stated.
“As I made clear earlier this week, it would be unacceptable for an MP to be denied entry for simply expressing their views as a Parliamentarian.”
It comes after two Labour MPs have been denied entry to Israel final week.
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Yuan Yang (left) and Abtisam Mohamed
Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed have been suspected of planning to “document the activities of security forces and spread anti-Israeli hatred”, in line with the nation’s immigration ministry.
Ms Hobhouse claimed she is the “first MP to be refused entry on arrival to Hong Kong since 1997”.
Her occasion chief Sir Ed Davey described the choice as “heartless” and “totally unacceptable”.
