My Take | Mystery of Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo’s disappearance must be solved quickly
The possibility that the publisher was taken from Hong Kong and clandestinely sent across the border cannot be ruled out
Since the story broke about the mysterious disappearance of controversial bookseller Lee Bo, officials and public figures from the pro-establishment camp have been running for cover.
The accepted line to take has been that we don’t know all the facts, so it’s too soon to speculate. Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said the government was always concerned about the well-being of Hong Kong people, whether they were in the city or travelling on the mainland. Yet she refused to comment on Lee’s case other than saying that police were looking into it.
Out of all the government people, only Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun, a member of the Executive Council, has the courage to call a spade a spade.
Speaking on a radio programme yesterday, she said: “If mainland security bureau officials were carrying out law enforcement and someone was kidnapped in Hong Kong, that would be a clear breach of ‘one country two systems’.”
She added, however, that essential facts about the case were still not known, so people should not reach conclusions yet.