Hong Kong Protesters Seek Answers From China on Bookseller
- Thousands rally despite missing man's video plea to stay home
- Recorded message to wife says he visited mainland voluntarily
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Hong Kong protesters fearful of greater Chinese interference in local affairs rallied Sunday to demand answers about a missing bookseller, even after the man’s wife said he urged people stay home.
Thousands marched from Hong Kong’s government center to the Beijing government’s liaison office, where they called on authorities to provide information about Lee Bo and four other missing people who published and sold books critical of the ruling Communist Party. Lee’s disappearance, which was reported Jan. 1, has reignited debate about party influence in Hong Kong, a former British colony that enjoys independent courts and freedom of expression under the terms of its return to China.