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Hong Kong national returned to Philippine prison amid deportation delay

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A Hong Kong national, Tang Lung-wai, has been returned to a maximum-security prison in the Philippines after his scheduled deportation was delayed due to severe weather. Tang's lawyer has stated that this constitutes illegal detention, as he had been ordered released after serving his sentence. He was originally imprisoned in 2000 for drug possession but maintained his innocence and was ordered released after a court ruled his sentence was fully served. AI

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Hong Kong national returned to Philippine prison amid deportation delay

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Simpson Cheung ·

    Freed Hongkonger sent back to jail as storm delays deportation from Philippines

    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 pri…

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