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1.
a Hong Kong Chinese oro-democracy activist, was detained by police at Peking airport on 5 June, after boarding a plane chartered by the Hong Kong Government to evacuate Hong Kong residents from Peking.
2.
whereabouts
The Embassy made considerable efforts to trace including lodging an enquiry with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Embassy subsequently established that
was unharmed and free
left Peking on a
to travel. Peking have now confirmed that
flight for Hong Kong on the afternoon of 8 June.
3.
detention caused much concern in Hong Kong because he had been very active in supporting Chinese students in Tiananmen Square with food, money and posters and thus might have become a target for reprisals. Fifteen members of the Legislative Council petitioned
the Governor about
case on 7 June and asked that their
concerns be conveyed to the Prime Minister. No 10 have been kept
informed.
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