Malaysia's Right To Implement Immigration Rules - China

By Niam Seet Wei BEIJING, May 27 (Bernama) -- China respects Malaysia's move to implement its immigration rules based on its own rule of law, indicating that the world's second largest economy has nothing to do with the barring of Hong Kong student activist Joshua Wong from entering Malaysia. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said she did not understand the details of the issue despite coming across the news report. "Malaysia has its own right to carry out its immigration rules," she told a press briefing here Wednesday without further elaboration. She made the comment in relation to some media suspecting Beijing's involvement over the issue. Immigration director-general Mustafa Ibrahim was reported as saying that Wong was denied entry into Malaysia on Tuesday upon arrival at the Penang International Airport as he was on the list of individuals banned from entering the country. The 18-year-old student activist was one of the leaders of the 'Umbrella Movement' which went on for 79 days in Hong Kong last year, demanding for free elections to be held in Hong Kong. He was scheduled to attend a forum titled, 'The Uprising of Youth and New Social Activism in Singapore and Hong Kong', at Auditorium A in Komtar of Malaysia's northern state, Penang on Tuesday night. He was also scheduled to attend more forums in local cities of Ipoh, Johor Baharu and Kuala Lumpur. --BERNAMA