OF THE explanations offered for the mysterious disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers late last year it was both the most lurid and the most plausible. As Lam Wing-kee told it on his return to Hong Kong this month, he was kidnapped last October as he made what was meant to be a short visit to his girlfriend in mainland China. He was blindfolded and bundled onto a train to the port of Ningbo, near Shanghai. There he was detained for months, interrogated and forced to record a televised confession of his crime: selling banned books on the mainland. He had now decided to tell the world his story to show that “Hong Kongers will not bow down before brute force.” Some in Hong Kong show similar defiance; others see bowing down as a better option.
Mr Lam said he could speak out because he has few ties with people across the border. The girlfriend has denounced him, as have three of his colleagues who have also resurfaced in Hong Kong (one is believed to remain in custody). They denied Mr Lam’s claim that their televised confessions were scripted. One of them, Lee Bo, also maintained that he had crossed the border of his own accord, and had not, as Mr...Continue reading
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