Macau denies entry to Hong Kong activists and filmmaker on same day Thailand deports Joshua Wong
Immigration authorities on Wednesday tell the three men, travelling separately, they posed a risk to internal security
Two Hong Kong social activists and an independent filmmaker were denied entry to Macau on Wednesday on the grounds that they posed a security threat to the former Portuguese colony.
Fred Lam Fai, one of the activists who was turned away, said he was to give a talk at a secondary school in Macau on travelling.
“The purpose of my visit had nothing to do with politics,” he said. “I don’t understand why they turned me away.”
Aside from Lam, activist Roddy Shaw Kwok-wah and filmmaker Lo Chun-yip encountered the same fate as they travelled to Macau on Wednesday.
The trio, who arrived separately, each received a written statement from Macau authorities saying they “posed a risk to the stability of internal security”.