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It was just related to me that traveling with knives of ANY SORT in your checked baggage is forbidden in Hong Kong - EVEN IF YOU ARE JUST PASSING THROUGH HONG KONG.
A friend of mine was returning home from the Philippines on a flight from Manila to the US, with a connecting flight in Hong Kong.
The Manila International Airport police have started searching all out-bound bags on all flights going through Hong Kong because 7 Filipinos have (to date) been thrown in jail and heavily fined when they landed in Hong Kong.
My friend's personal knives, a Hogue EXF01 and a SOG Trident, were confiscated from his checked luggage. IF he had had time to ride a shuttle to another terminal, wait for the airport satellite post office to open and pay exorbitant shipping fees, he could have sent the knives home. Since his flight to Hong Kong was at 06:30 and the post office didn't open until 0900, the knives had to be left in the PI.
So everyone beware that the Chinese Government running Hong Kong doesn't care if you are just passing through - you will be arrested and you will be heavily fined.
The Filipino Government is doing searches at "home" to keep Filipino's from "violating" Chinese law, even if they are just passing through and not staying.
I wonder how many Americans will be tagged in HK for their checked luggage before US TSA officials start enforcing Chines law in the US?
A friend of mine was returning home from the Philippines on a flight from Manila to the US, with a connecting flight in Hong Kong.
The Manila International Airport police have started searching all out-bound bags on all flights going through Hong Kong because 7 Filipinos have (to date) been thrown in jail and heavily fined when they landed in Hong Kong.
My friend's personal knives, a Hogue EXF01 and a SOG Trident, were confiscated from his checked luggage. IF he had had time to ride a shuttle to another terminal, wait for the airport satellite post office to open and pay exorbitant shipping fees, he could have sent the knives home. Since his flight to Hong Kong was at 06:30 and the post office didn't open until 0900, the knives had to be left in the PI.
So everyone beware that the Chinese Government running Hong Kong doesn't care if you are just passing through - you will be arrested and you will be heavily fined.
The Filipino Government is doing searches at "home" to keep Filipino's from "violating" Chinese law, even if they are just passing through and not staying.
I wonder how many Americans will be tagged in HK for their checked luggage before US TSA officials start enforcing Chines law in the US?