The women arrived in Hong Kong last September expecting to stay for a two-hour stopover on their way to Melbourne, Australia. Saudi consular officials confronted the sisters at Hong Kong airport and lied in an attempt to get them to board the flight, the sisters said. The sisters may have left Hong Kong, but Vidler says serious questions remain about the actions of Saudi officials at Hong Kong airport, and subsequent attempts by Hong Kong police to find out who helped the women escape. "They just say 'open the door' like hard, they pushing the door and say 'police, police, Hong Kong police. Cellphone video recently filmed at the office of the sisters' lawyer in Hong Kong shows the moment they were told they'd be leaving Hong Kong.

Source: CNN March 25, 2019 12:05 UTC