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Hong Kong bookseller disappearances

Missing Hong Kong bookseller paraded on China's state television

Gui Minhai, the bookseller missing since November claims in a television interview he surrendered to mainland Chinese authorities - despite being given a suspended sentence for the offence 12 years ago

January 18, 2016
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Legislative Council of Hong Kong President Jasper Tsang spoke to SCMP.tv regarding missing booksellers. The booksellers, who specialize in books which are banned in mainland China, are thought to...02:13
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'Mainland government should send a clearer message over missing Hong Kong booksellers' says Legco President Jasper Tsang
January 12, 2016
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Thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday over the disappearance of five missing booksellers, demanding Beijing to uphold the “One Country, Two Systems” principle. (Photo:...02:02
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Thousands of Hong Kong protesters march to demand release of missing booksellers
January 10, 2016
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Hong Kong's leader says he is "very concerned" over the disappearance of five booksellers known for publications critical of the Chinese government after a prominent lawmaker accused mainland...00:52
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Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung 'very concerned' about missing booksellers
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Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who said he was kidnapped by Chinese agents in 2015 for selling banned books across the border, was attacked by a man with red paint in Taiwan on April 21, days...02:27
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HK bookseller who fled to Taiwan attacked with red paint
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Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who said he was kidnapped by Chinese agents in 2015 for selling banned books across the border, has reportedly crowdfunded more than US$100,000 for his new...01:51
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Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who claimed he was kidnapped by Chinese agents in 2015 for selling books banned across the border, fled the city for a new life in Taiwan. ...01:43
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Hong Kong bookseller flees to Taiwan over extradition fears
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Book publisher Gui Minhai, who is being held by Chinese authorities, spoke in an interview with several Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland media groups in a detention facility in Ningbo, Zhejiang...04:06
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Gui Minhai in government-arranged interview: Sweden used me as a pawn against China
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After revealing details of his eight-month incarceration on the mainland, Causeway Bay bookseller Lam Wing-kee was offered round-the-clock police protection in early July after he felt threatened...01:33
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Bookseller Lam Wing-kee wants to live a normal life as police end protection
September 27, 2016
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He said his testimony, shown to a high-level Hong Kong government delegation in Beijing this week, featured “forced confessions” that he was made to read from prepared scripts over and over again...01:53
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‘Forced confessions’: Lam Wing-kee says videotaped testimony released by Beijing was scripted
July 8, 2016
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Mainland authorities on Tuesday gave a visiting Hong Kong delegation their version of the bookseller controversy by releasing a video documenting bookseller Lam Wing-kee’s life under surveillance.01:09
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Chinese authorities release video to ‘prove’ bookseller Lam Wing-kee broke mainland law
July 5, 2016
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In an interview with the Post, bookseller Lam Wing-kee fended off attacks on his credibility and provided more details about how he was monitored in Shaoshan and Hong Kong. (Photo: SCMP's David Wong) 02:23
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Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee sticks to his stand, responds to his son’s Facebook posts
June 21, 2016
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Thousands marched from Causeway Bay Books on Lockhart Road to Beijing's liaison office in support of bookseller Lam Wing-kee. ...01:08
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Bookseller Lam Wing-kee leads thousands in protest through streets of Hong Kong
June 18, 2016
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A bookseller who went missing for nearly eight months and only returned to Hong Kong from the mainland this week described on Thursday his harrowing detention at a border crossing and sustained...02:54
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Bookseller Lam Wing-kee reveals explosive details of his mainland detention, claims Lee Po told him he was “taken away from Hong Kong”
June 16, 2016
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By the end of 2015, five publishers in Hong Kong had gone missing — all linked to Mighty Current, which produces books critical of the Chinese Communist Party — in circumstances that have led to...03:11
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