One of the five missing booksellers associated with Mighty Current publishing house, Lee Bo, has returned to Hong Kong, according to the police. He reportedly entered Hong Kong via the Lok Ma Chau border using his HKID sometime in the afternoon.
Like the other two booksellers who returned before him, Lee confirmed his arrival in Hong Kong with immigration and police officers before asking them to cancel his missing persons report, RTHK reports.
Cheung Chi-ping and Lui Bo both returned to Hong Kong within days of each other, before reportedly going back to mainland China just hours after cancelling their missing persons reports.
Lee went missing in late December. He was believed to have been abducted by mainland Chinese agents, and as the fifth person associated with Mighty Current to go missing, his disappearance sparked an international furore over China’s crackdown on press freedom.
Mighty Current specialised in gossipy books about the personal lives of China’s past and present leaders, which were banned in mainland China. Last month, three of the other missing booksellers appeared on state television and “confessed” to helping Gui Minhai, Mighty Current’s owner, operate an illegal circulation office on the mainland.
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