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| Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung protests in front of an immigration counter upon his arrival in Macau. REUTERS |
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Immigration officers in Macau
have denied entry to five Hong
Kong activists who had travelled
to the territory on Sunday morning as part of a high-profile
visit by more than 30 pan-democrats. Legislators Leung Kwok-hung, of the League of Social Democrats, and unionist Lee Cheuk-yan, were among those stopped by Macau officials on arrival. They were questioned briefly and then sent back to Hong Kong. The other pan-democrats were allowed in. They are there for what is being called a "cultural exchange", designed to test Macau's newly enacted national security
laws. In recent months,
immigration officials in Macau
have cited internal security
laws as grounds to bar entry
to pro-democracy scholars,
politicans and NGO members.
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