Saudi sisters stranded in Hong Kong granted extension of stay until early April.
Two sisters stranded in Hong Kong while on the run from Saudi Arabia and their family have been allowed to stay in the city until early April, the Post has learned.
“We feel like fish trapped in a little oasis that is rapidly drying out,” the sisters said in the same statement, referring to the letter from the immigration authorities. “All we want is to go to a third country place of safety without being ever fearful that the Saudi authorities and our family will find us and abduct us.”
Vidler earlier said he hoped the sisters would be allowed to continue to stay pending determination of their application to a third country, and that the emergency rescue visa would be granted soon.
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