WORLD● ELEVATEDAug 31 · Aug 31, 2026, 12:31 PM
Freed Hongkonger sent back to jail as storm delays deportation from Philippines
South China Morning Post · east asia
A Hong Kong man has been returned to a Philippine prison in what his legal team condemned as “illegal detention”, after severe weather halted his deportation following his release. Tang Lung-wai’s Philippine lawyer, Blessie Rose Carpena, told the South China Morning Post that prison authorities escorted Tang to the Bureau of Immigration last Friday. However, because government offices were suspended due to a passing typhoon, he was returned to the maximum-security New Bilibid Prison in...
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