A Hong Kong pro-democracy student activist says she was targeted by Australian Border Force officials and briefly detained upon her arrival in Melbourne this week.
Zoey Leung is one of three Hong Kong students visiting Australia as part of a delegation designed to shore up global support for their pro-democracy cause.
She told the ABC that two male Border Force officers singled her out, questioned her for half an hour, and went through photos on her phone and social media accounts.
"I got detained by the Border Force police," she said.
"They claimed there are riots in Hong Kong nowadays and they asked me about my intention to come to Australia … they asked me if I kept any weapons in my luggage.
"They asked me to unlock my cell-phone to check those photos and some social media."
The ABC has contacted the Australian Border Force for comment.
Like a flash mob, they appear and then dissolve back into the city once their task is complete.
Ms Leung, the vice-president of the Hong Kong Baptist University student union, said she thought she was targeted.
