China is increasingly using exit bans to bar Americans from leaving

Re:China is increasingly using exit bans to bar Americans fr... by zbxofnfkcnx on Sunday September 15, 2019 @01:36PM (#20978370)

For the same reason the spouse would be taken in, questioned, and possibly passport taken away in the US - to ensure the spouse doesn’t know anything of interest to investigators.

I mean, let’s not be daft. If Snowden hadn’t shielded his g/f as well as he did, Ms. Mills would have never been allowed to leave the US.

She either would have been charged with espionage, or for breaking one of the innumerable laws we all break in a daily basis.

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Re:China is increasingly using exit bans to bar Americans fr... by HNKER on Sunday September 15, 2019 @02:30PM (#20978700)

The US hasn’t held the spouses or children of any Chinese people accused or convicted Of spying. Please stop with the obviously false claims.

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Re:China is increasingly using exit bans to bar Americans fr... by 044326throw on Sunday September 15, 2019 @11:53PM (#20980949)

Consider it being put on the No Fly List.

You don’t have to be charged to be put on it.

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Re:China is increasingly using exit bans to bar Americans fr... by stale2002 on Sunday September 15, 2019 @02:38PM (#20978745)

> For the same reason the spouse would be taken in, questioned, and possibly passport taken away in the US

Only if that person is actually charged with a crime, has due process.

This isn't about that. This is about China not charging someone with a crime, and not giving them due process.

If you want to take away someone's passport, then you should charge them with a crime first.

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