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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kanis Leung

Japanese journalist barred from entering Hong Kong without clear reason, newspaper says

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

A Japanese journalist was denied entry into Hong Kong on Thursday and was sent back to Tokyo on Friday without giving him a “clear reason for denying him entry”.

Freelance Japanese journalist, Yoshiaki Ogawa, 54, arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday but officials took him aside at the airport, questioned him for about an hour and then denied him entry.

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