HONG KONG — Five people linked to an anti-Beijing bookshop have gone missing in the past two months and some suspect the fifth person may have been kidnapped across the border by mainland Chinese police.
Lee Bo, a major shareholder of Causeway Bay Books, went missing last Wednesday after he went to collect some books at a warehouse in Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island. He was allegedly seen leaving the warehouse alone with a bag of books and used a lift that he did not usually take, South China Morning Post reported.
According to South China Morning Post, Lee's wife claims that his husband called her on the night of his disappearance from Shenzhen, a mainland Chinese city just across the border from Hong Kong. She said he told her he was assisting an investigation and would not return anytime soon.
Hong Kong's Immigration Department has no record of Lee leaving the territory and his Home Return Permit — the entry permit to mainland China for Hong Kong residents — was left at home. Hong Kong Democratic Party politician Albert Ho told the BBC he has "strong reason to believe" Lee he was taken from Hong Kong and smuggled across the border to China.
Lee is the fifth person linked to the bookstore that has gone missing. According to the BBC, two employees were last seen in Shenzhen, one was last seen in Hong Kong and the owner of the publishing house linked to the bookstore was last heard from Pattaya, Thailand.
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