The wife of a missing chief editor of a publishing house specialising in books banned in mainland China has told the police that she has been able to visit him on the mainland, the Hong Kong police sa
The wife of a missing chief editor of a publishing house specialising in books banned in mainland China has told the police that she has been able to visit him on the mainland, the Hong Kong police said on Sunday.
It is the latest twist in the disappearances of British citizen Lee Bo and four of his colleagues that have intensified fears that Beijing is clamping down on Hong Kong’s freedom of speech.
Mr Lee has previously written that he returned voluntarily to mainland China in letters to his wife, but his supporters believe he was kidnapped and smuggled to the mainland.
The Hong Kong police said in a statement on Sunday that Mr Lee’s wife had told them she had met him on Saturday afternoon at a guesthouse on the mainland.
She said he was healthy and in good spirits, and that he was assisting in an investigation as a witness. She gave no further details regarding the location of the meeting or the nature of the investigation. She also handed over a letter from Mr Lee addressed to the Hong Kong police.
The police statement said its content was similar to his previous letters. The latest development raises more questions than it answers.
