Lawmaker Albert Ho said Sunday that the city is “shocked and appalled” by the disappearance of Lee Bo.
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The other booksellers who have also gone missing are Gui Minhai, shareholder of Mighty Current, the publishing house that owns the bookstore; publishing house general manager Lui Bo and business manager Cheung Jiping; as well as bookstore manager Lam Wing-kei.
While the books are banned in mainland China, local media said they are popular with Chinese tourists in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong police have asked China whether Mr Lee was detained in the mainland and are awaiting a reply, Mr John Lee, acting secretary for security, said in a statement yesterday.
On Monday, Chief Executive Leung called reporters to his office to “state solemnly” that, under the Basic Law, only Hong Kong’s law enforcement agencies have the legal authority to enforce laws in Hong Kong. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index fell as much as 4.4 per cent on Monday after trading halts in Shanghai and Shenzhen spurred investors to shift sell orders to Hong Kong. The reason for me to film this video is to raise the global awareness of this serious issue happened in Hong Kong, and I hope that more and more foreign medias can keep their attention and coverage on this white terror incident. They will also be making investigation with people who have last conversation or communication with the missing person.
Lawmaker and Labour Party chairman Lee Cheuk-yan said the idea that Chinese law enforcement could act of their own volition in Hong Kong was “terrifying”.
“First time I’ve seen someone actually come out directly in person to respond to protesters in their face, without pepper spray or batons!” says Joel who twitted thus: “Civic Passion asking why a Hong Kong citizen could end up in Shenzhen for so long like this…” and was quite surprised when…
His wife says he called her from a number in mainland China to tell her he was safe.
His family member, as the Chief Executive said, reported the case to the Police on January 1. We feel that Hong Kong is not Hong Kong any more.
It is still unclear where the men are or how they went missing.
If speculation of the abduction proves true, it would be another setback for Hong Kong democracy, said Paul Serfaty, a director of Asian Capital Partners Group, an investment bank and city resident since 1988.
A spokesperson for the British embassy in Beijing said its officials were aware of reports that one of those reported missing may be a British passport holder.
Hong Kong operates under a different set of laws to the mainland which allows for media freedom. Lee used Mandarin unusually rather than Cantonese, and told his wife that he had temporarily gone back to cooperate with the investigation, “They want me to assist the investigation, if I cooperate, it may be alright”.
Xi has been married to former singer Peng Liyuan for about 25 years, and led an anti-corruption campaign that has made adultery grounds for banishing officials from the Communist Party.
Ho, a customer at the firm’s bookshop in Causeway Bay, said he had heard from other store regulars that the company was about to launch a book about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) former girlfriend.
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He said this provocation worked against the One Country, Two Systems by which Hong Kong and the mainland coexisted.
