India has reportedly lodged a protest with China after a UK-based woman from the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh was detained for about 18 hours during a transit stop at the Shanghai Pudong airport, allegedly because officials claimed her passport was invalid.
Prema Thongdok, originally from Rupa in Arunachal’s West Kameng area, was flying from London to Japan on 21 November with a three-hour layover in Shanghai where she was pulled aside during security screening immediately after landing.
