The MYSTERY of the missing Hong Kong bookseller
Hong Kong's top official, CY Leung, says his Government is greatly concerned about the case of a missing bookseller.
Paul Lee, an owner of the Causeway Bookstore, which specialises
in titles critical of the Chinese government, disappeared last week.
He is the FIFTH person linked to the bookshop to seemingly Vanish.
Gui Minhai (Chinese: 桂敏海 or 桂民海[2][3][4]; pinyin: Guì Mǐnhǎi or
Guì Mínhǎi; born 5 May 1964[1]), also known as Michael Gui,[5] is a
Chinese-born Swedish scholar and book publisher. He is a prolific
author of books about Chinese politics and political figures; Gui
authored around 200 books during his ten-year career under the pen-name
Ah Hai (阿海). and is one of three shareholders of Causeway Bay
Books in Hong Kong.
Gui went missing in Thailand in late 2015, one of five men who
vanished in a string of incidents known as the Causeway Bay Books
disappearances. The case ignited fears locally and in Britain over the
collapse of "one country, two systems", over the possibility that
people could be subject to rendition from Hong Kong and from other
countries by Chinese law enforcement. The Chinese government was
silent about holding him in custody for three months, at which point a
controversial video confession was broadcast on mainland media.
In it, Gui said that he had returned to mainland China and surrendered
to the authorities of his own volition. He appeared to indicate that he
was prepared to follow the course of justice in China, while waiving
protection as a Swedish citizen .