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10-05-2016, 08:51 AM
Hong Kong student activist Joshua Wong detained at Bangkok airport
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Joshua Wong, the student activist that became the face of 2014's pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, has reportedly been detained at Bangkok International Airport when he arrived in Thailand from Hong Kong.
The 19-year-old's activist group, Demosisto, posted a statement on its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/demosisto/photos/a.497270963815064.1073741828.495193710689456/569745833234243/?type=3) in the early hours of Wednesday morning, saying that Wong was being held by authorities. His local host, Netiwit Chotipatpaisal, claims that prior to Wong's arrival, Thai officials had received a letter from the Chinese government.
SEE ALSO: 'Umbrella Revolution' Protests Spread in Hong Kong (http://mashable.com/2014/09/29/umbrella-revolution-protests-spread/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Wong was invited by Chotipatpaisal to speak at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University this week to mark the 40th anniversary of a 1976 massacre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thammasat_University_massacre) where military forces gunned down student protesters at a college in Thailand. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/05/joshua-wong-detained-bangkok-airport/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Joshua Wong, the student activist that became the face of 2014's pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, has reportedly been detained at Bangkok International Airport when he arrived in Thailand from Hong Kong.
The 19-year-old's activist group, Demosisto, posted a statement on its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/demosisto/photos/a.497270963815064.1073741828.495193710689456/569745833234243/?type=3) in the early hours of Wednesday morning, saying that Wong was being held by authorities. His local host, Netiwit Chotipatpaisal, claims that prior to Wong's arrival, Thai officials had received a letter from the Chinese government.
SEE ALSO: 'Umbrella Revolution' Protests Spread in Hong Kong (http://mashable.com/2014/09/29/umbrella-revolution-protests-spread/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Wong was invited by Chotipatpaisal to speak at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University this week to mark the 40th anniversary of a 1976 massacre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thammasat_University_massacre) where military forces gunned down student protesters at a college in Thailand. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/05/joshua-wong-detained-bangkok-airport/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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