(Bloomberg) — Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Sunday at the city’s airport for breaching bail conditions, he said in a statement through his legal representative.Wong said he was being held in custody and that he expected to be released after a hearing on Monday.His detention was earlier reported by Hong Kong-based Chinese-language Apple Daily.Wong was among several Hong Kong activists arrested in late August in a crackdown on protest leaders, and was released on bail shortly after his detention. Wong traveled to Taiwan last week to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen’s ruling party.A spokesman for the Hong Kong police said he cannot comment immediately.(Updates with Wong’s own confirmation.)To contact the reporters on this story: Dominic Lau in Hong Kong at [email protected];Moxy Ying in Hong Kong at [email protected];Aaron Mc Nicholas in Hong Kong at [email protected] contact the editors responsible for this story: Shamim Adam at [email protected], Stanley JamesFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
