Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong 'detained in Thailand'

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong 'detained in Thailand'

 

BANGKOK: -- Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been detained by Thai authorities in Bangkok, according to the political party he heads.

 

Mr Wong was detained at Suvarnabhumi airport after landing there on a flight from Hong Kong, Demosisto said in a statement.

 

It cited Thai student activist Netiwit Chotipatpaisal, who was waiting for Mr Wong.

 

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37558908

 

-- © Copyright BBC 2016-10-05

[kotsak]

When I first heard of the news that he was invited here, my first words where "good luck!" 

[useronthenet]

Yeah this is making international news, Thailand yet again panders to it's new Chinese masters.

 

I think the message is quite clear on anyone contemplating being an activist in Thailand, don't !

 

 

[Thailand]

China said jump and the said how high?

 

Probably have the opposite of the desired effect as the student movement were not yet binding together, this may be the catalyst particularly when you know what Joshua was coming to talk about.

[NongKhaiKid]

Now Joshua, if he had any doubts, knows the extent of China's reach and the world can see where LoS currently fits on the world stage.

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HK party says Joshua Wong has been detained in Thailand 

 

BANGKOK (AP) — Hong Kong student pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong's political party says he has been detained by Thai officials after arriving here to give a talk at a university.

 

Demosisto said in a Facebook post that the party was unable to contact Wong after he arrived at Bangkok's main airport on Wednesday evening.

 

The group said it got word early Thursday from a Thai student activist who was expected to meet Wong that he had been detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport after Thai authorities received a letter from the Chinese government about his visit.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-10-05

[Pimay1]

It was once said "the UN is not my father". Now it appears China IS my father.

[NongKhaiKid]

Why is he detained, could his passport not be stamped ' Not Permitted To Land ' and sent back to HK, plenty of flights available.

I suppose LoS will need to find out what he was planning to say that affects them and big brother. Freedom of Speech, no hab

[yellowboat]

Sadly not surprised.  The junta is not exactly freedom loving and China wants to make an example of him.  Other than Taiwan and Japan, not sure where he would be welcomed.

[ratcatcher]

"In recent years Thailand has faced criticism for its co-operation with the Chinese authorities."

And rightly so!

 

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HK party says Joshua Wong has been detained in Thailand 

 

BANGKOK (AP) — Hong Kong student pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been detained by Thai officials after arriving to give a talk at a university, his political party said.

 

Demosisto said in a Facebook post that the party was unable to contact Wong after he arrived at Bangkok's main airport late Tuesday.

 

The group said it got word early Wednesday from a Thai student activist who was expected to meet Wong that he had been detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport after Thai authorities received a request from the Chinese government about his visit.

 

Wong, who turns 20 next week, was one of the high-profile student leaders behind the huge pro-democracy street protests two years ago that marked the former British colony's most turbulent period since China took control in 1997. In August, a Hong Kong court sentenced him to community service for his role in the protests, which closed down parts of the city for months.

 

There was no immediate comment from Thai authorities.

 

"Demosist strongly condemns the Thai government for unreasonably limiting Wong's freedom and right to entry, and requests the immediate release of Wong," the party's Facebook post said.

 

The Thai student activist who was to have met Wong, Netiwit Chotipatpaisal, said in a Facebook post that Wong had "been confined at the immigration in Thailand because there's a request from Chinese government to Thai authority."

 

He did not immediately give any proof of such a request.

 

"I have not had a chance to speak to Wong since he was detained at the airport. I was told that he is still at the airport in Bangkok but will not be allowed in and will soon be deported," Netiwit said.

 

Wong's party, Demosisto, which was founded earlier this year, advocates a referendum on "self-determination" on the future status of Hong Kong, which is in the middle of a 50-year transition period to Chinese rule.

 

Human rights activists called for Wong's release.

 

"Thailand's arrest of Joshua Wong, a well-known pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, sadly suggests that Bangkok is willing to do Beijing's bidding. Wong should be freed immediately and allowed to travel and exercise his right to free expression," said Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch.

 

Two years ago, Wong became one of the most prominent leaders of massive pro-democracy protests that shut down major thoroughfares in Hong Kong for 11 weeks. He and other youthful demonstrators demanded that the government drop a Beijing-backed plan to restrict elections for the city's top leader, but their movement fizzled out after authorities refused to grant concessions.

 

Wong was scheduled to give a talk at Chulalongkorn University about a new generation of political activism. Last month, Demosisto scored a stunning Hong Kong election victory when its candidate, 23-year-old Nathan Law, won a seat in the legislature. Wong was unable to join the race because he is still too young, according to election rules.

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AP video journalist Tassanee Vejpongsa in Bangkok and AP writer Kelvin Chan in Hong Kong contributed to this report.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-10-05

[AGareth2]

China's servant

oh Siam

once land of the free

[HoboKay]

How would anyone not consider this possibility upon arrival when performing risk calculations and exit plans whilst planning for such a trip? 

 

Not much of a leader if you get nicked in such circumstances.

 

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[klauskunkel]

Tomorrow:

suicide attempt with socks, CCTV not working, CPR causing liver to rupture, famous monk to bless officials...

burp

[user82374298374]

. . . and nobody ever saw poor Joshua again.

 

Very stupid to come to Thailand.

[AlQaholic]

Giving a talk to Thai Youth, clearly a subversive activity aimed at undermining the Thai Authorities, danger to the security of Thailand of course.....

Mandatory five day "Attitude adjustment"......

Edited October 5, 2016 by AlQaholic

[mike324]

2 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said:

Why is he detained, could his passport not be stamped ' Not Permitted To Land ' and sent back to HK, plenty of flights available.

I suppose LoS will need to find out what he was planning to say that affects them and big brother. Freedom of Speech, no hab

 

China is just too powerful, just last year I remember one or two Chinese dissidents who has been living in Thailand were kidnapped and sent back to China.

[ddavidovsky]

He's a democracy activist. The junta is opposed to democracy. Whatever China may have said is irrelevant.

[chainarong]

What are you doing Josh , your place is back in HK sort that out mate , let the Thai's sort there muck heap out themselves , they got themselves into the position they are in because half the population was stupid and the other half was indifferent to the situation developing around them ,it isn't as if the democracy movement needs advice, students are the only ones that have brought change to Thailand, set up some codes and advise from HK.........................................................

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HK democracy activist Joshua Wong detained in Bangkok

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong  has been detained on arrival at Suvarnabhumi airport.

 

Wong, 19, famed for his galvanising role in the city’s 2014 pro-democracy “umbrella movement”, was held as he landed at the airport late Tuesday, his party Demosisto said in a statement, citing a Thai student activist, Netiwit Chotipatpaisal, who was due to meet him.

 

Wong was invited by Thai student activists to take part at an event marking the anniversary of a military crackdown in October 1976.

 

Demosisto “strongly condemns the Thai government for unreasonably limiting Wong’s freedom and right to entry, and requests the immediate release of Wong,” the statement said.

 

Joshua Wong, 19, was detained by immigration officials upon his arrival to Suvarnabhumi Airport late Tuesday night at Beijing’s request, according to Netiwit, a Thai student activist  who had invited him to speak at Chulalongkorn University.

 

According to Khaosod, Netiwit said he waited at the airport until 3am after Wong’s Emirates Airline flight landed at 11:45pm.

 

Netiwit said it was the tourist police at the airport which told them Wong had been detained at China’s request.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/hk-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-detained-bangkok/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-10-05

[HoboKay]

Demosisto, focus on what's on your plate. Beijing's watching that petri dish very closely.

 

 

[cloudhopper]

34 minutes ago, ddavidovsky said:

He's a democracy activist. The junta is opposed to democracy. Whatever China may have said is irrelevant.

Exactly

[boomerangutang]

Which will happen first?  Bangkok becomes uninhabitable due to year 'round standing water, or this country becomes.......

 

The Autonomous Region of Thailand

 

 

[little mary sunshine]

Beijing to Bangkok..." This is your latest order"

[Dagnabbit]

So this is all based on the words of the Thai student that went to pick him up at the airport?

[harada]

Wait for it, Josh Wong turns up in China, denounces Hong Kong, black eyes obtained whilst tripping on disembarking foreign military aircraft at Beijing airport.

[Nicolas32]

Tourism sector just got a dent ... From Hong Kong i bet ... 

[MZurf]

So this is all based on the words of the Thai student that went to pick him up at the airport?

I just heard it on BBC World Service so probably not.

[TEFLKrabi]

If his brother came with him, that would be ok, because.........

[Publicus]

29 minutes ago, chainarong said:

What are you doing Josh , your place is back in HK sort that out mate , let the Thai's sort there muck heap out themselves , they got themselves into the position they are in because half the population was stupid and the other half was indifferent to the situation developing around them ,it isn't as if the democracy movement needs advice, students are the only ones that have brought change to Thailand, set up some codes and advise from HK.........................................................

 

Pleased to say the democracy network of Chinese in the region are increasingly connected publicly and person to person, group to group, across borders. They communicate via IT and by travelling to conferences in Taiwan.

 

So this is but another public instance of a government blocking a Chinese democracy figure from entering an Asean country to speak about democracy vs the CCP Dynasty of Dictators. Joshua Wong is Beijing's number one guy to block -- as noted in a news report at the thread, Wong had been recently denied entry to Malaysia.

 

Leaders of these groups in the various Asean countries meet instead in Taiwan where they are welcomed, safe, well hosted, protected against spies, eavesdropping, seizure and the like. The prominent Thai student leader cited in the news stories, Netiwit Chotipatpaisal and his group can be expected to travel to Taipei at some point soon for the rounds of seminars and conferences that are held regularly.

 

In Taipei, Taiwan, January 28, 2016, two Hong Kong Umbrella Movement student leaders prepare to confer with local Sunflower Revolution leaders following the January 16 landslide election of Tsai En-Wai, leader of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party as first woman president. The Sunflower Revolution propelled the DPP to its decisive election victory of the presidency and to its first-time control of parliament. Alex Chow, left, is president of the coordinating group, Hong Kong Federation of Students, and Joshua Wong at right chairman of the then student activist group Scholarism, since succeeded by Demosisto, of which Wong is chief secretary. The two favor a referendum in ten years on Hong Kong independence.

 

 

The Hong Kong Umbrella Movement led by Wong and the Taiwan Sunflower Revolution that seized the parliament building in 2014 to stop a one too many one-sided trade deal with CCP in Beijing are already well connected. They are reaching out to other young leaders of democracy groups in Asean countries, so we can expect Netiwit and his people to be ever more active in the regional network of activist leaders as they regularly gather with the support of the new anti-CCP government elected overwhelmingly last year in Taiwan.

 

This is a genuinely Chinese-led democracy movement throughout the region. CCP in Beijing and in Hong Kong have unsuccessfully overturned every stone and searched every nook and cranny to connect Wong and the regional democracy movement to the United States. Fail. There isn't any direct connection of support. This is entirely a Chinese inter-generational thing. It is a serious campaign by led to a significant degree by the millennials of the region right here in the region.

 

CCP Boyz in Beijing have serious headaches due to all of this and the elites of Thailand share the same case of the willies that keeps CCP awake nights. The movement in HKG and regionally is only growing in size, extent, intensity.

 

(Joshua being detained here is very big news in HKG and in Taiwan. If anyone knows anything about the Chinese, the first question among the mothers and grandmothers in both HKG and Taiwan will be whether the Thai Immi Police properly served Joshua his meals. Anything less than three squares a day would be an unforgivable police Medieval barbarism. Indeed, one time after Joshua had been locked up overnight by HKG police he publicly said on his release that the HKG cops kept hitting his "private parts," which caused swarms of HKG girls to pelt with eggs every cop they saw everywhere for the better part of a week. Wong said the slapping and punching down there stopped after that.)