Hong Kong airline forced Japanese woman to take pregnancy test

Published 1 hour ago on January 17, 2020
By Agence France-Presse

A Hong Kong airline forced a Japanese woman to take a pregnancy test before allowing her on a flight to a Pacific island popular with mothers seeking US citizenship for their babies.

Midori Nishida, 25, was escorted to a public toilet at Hong Kong airport and told to urinate on a strip in November before being granted permission to board her Hong Kong Express flight to the US territory of Saipan.

She had declared in a questionnaire at check-in that she was not pregnant but airline staff nevertheless requested she undergo a “fit-to-fly” assessment designed for women with a body size or shape resembling a pregnant woman.

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The airline apologized to Nishida and said the practice had been discontinued when contacted by AFP.

“We have immediately suspended the practice while we review it. We’d like to apologize for the distress caused,” the airline said in a statement.

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