Meet Prema Wangjom Thongdok and why China ‘mocked’ and detained her for 18 hours at Shanghai airport

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Prema Wangjom Thongdok is an Indian citizen originally from Rupa in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district. She has been living in the United Kingdom for the past 14 years. As per her LinkedIn profile, she studied Economics at Delhi University’s Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) and later completed an M.Sc in International Business from the University of Hertfordshire in the UK.

Why was she stopped in Shanghai?

Thongdok reported that she was travelling from London to Japan and had a layover at Shanghai airport when the incident occurred. Speaking to ANI, she stated that Chinese immigration officials stopped her for nearly 18 hours, mocked her, and declared her Indian passport “...

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