Singapore Denies HK Activist’s Entry, Citing State Interests (1)

Singapore blocked Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law from entering the country, saying his presence would not be in its national interests.

Law rose to prominence as a student leader during Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement and was later granted political asylum in the UK. He arrived in Singapore from San Francisco on Sept. 27 and was referred for questioning, and immigration and security assessment, Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said on Monday in a response to questions from Bloomberg News.

Law was then refused entry and placed on the earliest flight back to San Francisco on Sept. 28, the ...