This 18-Year-Old Hong Kong Democracy Activist Can’t Enter Malaysia

Joshua Wong, the teenage face of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, was denied entry to Malaysia on Tuesday.
This 18-Year-Old Hong Kong Democracy Activist Can’t Enter Malaysia
Hong Kong student activist Joshua Wong talks to the media at the international airport in Hong Kong on May 26, 2015. Wong was barred from entering Malaysia at Penang airport on May 26 where he was scheduled to attend forums on June 3, the eve of the 26th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square events in China. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)
5/26/2015
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5/26/2015

Larry Ong is a New York-based journalist with Epoch Times. He writes about China and Hong Kong. He is also a graduate of the National University of Singapore, where he read history.
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