Hong Kong pro - democracy activist ng Wong has been detained at Bangkok 's main airport at the request of the Beijing government . he had been due to address a university about youth participation in politics , the Umbrella Movement and Hong Kong 's new political party , Demosisto . This move has alarmed human rights activists who are increasingly concerned that Beijing 's ongoing crackdown on freedom of speech is extending outside of China 's borders . It also marks the second time in a year that a politically sensitive Hong Kong activist has run into trouble in Thailand : the infamous missing bookseller Gui Minhai , who sold books containing stories about Chinese Communist Party Officials , disappeared from his Pattaya home at the end of 2015 .
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been detained at Bangkok's main airport at the request of the Beijing government. Wong had been due to address a university about youth participation in politics, the Umbrella Movement and Hong Kong's new political party, Demosisto. This move has alarmed human rights activists who are increasingly concerned that Beijing's ongoing crackdown on freedom of speech is extending outside of China's borders. It also marks the second time in a year that a politically sensitive Hong Kong figure has run into trouble in Thailand: the infamous missing bookseller Gui Minhai, who sold books containing stories about Chinese Communist Party Officials, disappeared from his Pattaya home at the end of 2015.