Miss Canada Anastasia Lin barred from boarding China flight

Updated On: 28 November, 2015 08:04 AM IST | | Agencies

<p>Anastasia Lin was denied permission to board a flight from Hong Kong to the Miss World finals in mainland China, a move the Chinese-born attributes to her record of speaking out against human rights abuses in the country</p>

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Miss Canada Anastasia Lin barred from boarding China flight

Hong Kong: A Canadian beauty queen lashed out at Beijing on Thursday, saying she was barred from boarding a flight from Hong Kong to China to compete in a pageant because of her human rights activism.

Lin walks away from the airline counter after she was denied entry in China. Pic/PTI