HK activist Grandma Wong says kept back in Shenzhen for 14 months


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Alexandra Wong attends a news conference in Hong Kong. Tyrone Siu/Reuters A Hong Kong protester dubbed “Grandma Wong” said on Saturday that Chinese authorities kept her in custody for a month and a half across the border in Shenzhen, where she allegedly suffered mental abuse, and then prevented from coming back for over a year. Grey-haired and bespectacled Alexandra Wong, 64, had been a familiar face at anti-government protests in Hong Kong last year, often waving a large British flag, but she disappeared from the streets around August last year. Activists and human rights groups had expressed concern over her...