China cites national security to halt flight
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CHINA said yesterday that it had stopped an Australia-based Chinese academic from taking a flight to Sydney this week to “safeguard national security.”
Feng Chongyi, an associate professor of China studies at the University of Technology Sydney, was prevented from going home after a trip to China on Sunday, according to the Australian government.
He was held for questioning in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, then stopped from boarding a flight to Sydney from Guangzhou on Friday, according to sources.
“In order to safeguard China’s national security, the relevant departments took measures in accordance with law against Chinese citizen Feng Chongyi to prevent him from leaving the country,” China’s foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said.
“Feng Chongyi is a Chinese citizen ... If this was an Australian citizen, and Australian authorities wanted to open an investigation, then (the citizen) would also be obliged to comply.”
Feng, an Australian permanent resident who retains his Chinese passport, entered China three weeks ago and had been traveling with his wife, an Australian national.
Australia’s foreign affairs and trade department said the government was “monitoring developments closely and has raised this case with senior Chinese officials.”
Feng’s lawyer Chen Jinxue said Feng remained at his hotel in Guangzhou and state security officers were interrogating him.
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