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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

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Hong Kong activists Roddy Shaw Kwok-wah and Fred Lam-fai were both stopped from entering Macau on Wednesday. Photo: SCMP Pictures

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.

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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.”

Filmmaker Lo Chun-yip in Causeway Bay. Photo: May Tse
Filmmaker Lo Chun-yip in Causeway Bay. Photo: May Tse

Aside from Lam, activist Roddy Shaw Kwok-wah and filmmaker Lo Chun-yip encountered the same fate as they travelled to Macau on Wednesday.

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The trio, who arrived separately, each received a written statement from Macau authorities saying they “posed a risk to the stability of internal security”.

The refused entries came ahead of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Macau next Monday.
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