चीन ने अरुणाचल की महिला का पासपोर्ट इनवैलिड बताया: कहा- ये राज्य चीन का हिस्सा; महिला ने पीएम मोदी को शिकायती चिट्ठी लिखी

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Prema Wangjom, an Indian-origin woman living in Britain, has alleged that Chinese immigration officials stopped and harassed her for hours at Shanghai Airport in China.

Speaking to India Today, Prema said the Chinese authorities refused to accept her Indian passport because it mentioned Arunachal Pradesh as her birthplace. She was leaving London for Japan on 21 November. They had a 3-hour transit at Shanghai Pudong Airport.

Prema alleged that the officials at the immigration counter declared her passport ‘invalid’ and said that Arunachal Pradesh is part of China. He was interrogated and ridiculed for 18 hours.

Prema has written a complaint letter regarding this to PM Modi and other senior officials and has called this behavior an insult to the sovereignty of India and the citizens of Arunachal Pradesh.

Passport confiscated, not allowed to board the flight

Prema alleged that her passport was confiscated and she was not allowed to board the next flight to Japan despite having a legal visa.

Prema also alleged that several immigration officers and China Eastern Airlines employees present there kept joking and laughing with her and taunted her about applying for a Chinese passport.

Prema said that what should have been a 3-hour transit turned into an 18-hour ordeal for her. He said that during this period he was neither given correct information, nor given proper food, nor was he allowed to use the airport facilities.

Shanghai Airport in China where Prema was stopped.

Prema came out with the help of Indian Embassy

Due to being stuck in the transit zone, she was neither able to book a new ticket, nor buy anything to eat, nor could she move from one terminal to another.

Prema claimed that officials repeatedly pressurized her to buy a new China Eastern ticket and only then would her passport be returned. Due to this he suffered huge loss of money on flight and hotel booking.

Eventually Prema, with the help of a friend in Britain, contacted the Indian Embassy in Shanghai. Indian officials helped him get out of Shanghai by boarding a night flight.

He has demanded the Indian government to raise this issue with Beijing and demand action against immigration officials and airline staff. It should also be decided that Indian citizens of Arunachal Pradesh should not have to face such problems in future.

China considers Arunachal as its part

China continuously claims that Arunachal Pradesh is not a part of India but is a part of it. For this reason, it often refuses to accept documents of Indian citizens, especially those born in Arunachal.

China says that it considers Arunachal as South Tibet, while India clearly says that Arunachal Pradesh has always been an integral state of India.

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