Missing Hong Kong Bookseller Confirmed to Be in China
- Hong Kong authorities ask China for meeting with Lee Bo
- Lee's disappearance fueled fears of Chinese encroachment
People take part of the rally to protest the disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers on Jan. 10. Chinese police have confirmed that a Hong Kong publisher of books critical of the Communist Party who disappeared from the city in late December is in China.
Photographer: Lam Yik Fei/Getty ImagesChinese police have confirmed that a Hong Kong publisher of books critical of the Communist Party who disappeared from the city in late December is in China, ending weeks of silence about his whereabouts.
Police in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong sent a letter to Hong Kong authorities stating that the bookseller, Lee Bo, was in China, Hong Kong police said on the government’s website. The Hong Kong police have requested a meeting with Lee to further understand the incident, they said.