Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/04/27
By: Miu Tsung-han and Frances Huang
File photo courtesy of Reuters
Taipei, April 27 (CNA) Thirty-three Taiwanese visitors to Hong Kong, who had planned to participate in a rally against proposed amendments to the territory’s extradition laws, were denied entry on Friday, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Saturday.
The 33 Taiwanese were members of the Falun Gong religious organization, which is perceived as a threat by the Chinese government, but Hong Kong’s Immigration Department has declined to say whether they were barred from entry because they were Falun Gong practitioners.
According to a statement issued by MAC, the Taiwanese visitors were planning to join a protest rally on Sunday against proposed amendments to Hong Kong’s extradition law, which was being organized by the Civil Human Rights Front, a Hong Kong pro-democracy group.
The pro-democracy group planned the rally after the Legislative Council of Hong Kong held the first discussion on April 17 on the amendments to the law, which is known formally as the law on Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters. [FULL STORY]
