Missing bookseller Lui Por in Hong Kong again but sticks to script by staying tight-lipped on ordeal
Lui is second of five to stage a return to city, asks local police not to interfere
One of the five Causeway Bay booksellers who disappeared last year has returned to Hong Kong again, claiming he is free to travel between the city and the mainland after he was released on bail while at the same time refusing to reveal details of the investigation he is involved in.
Lui Por said he was taken into custody by mainland officers after he crossed the border to reach Shenzhen on October 17. He added that he may hire a lawyer.
When asked if he was concerned he would be convicted by Beijing for ferrying banned titles to the mainland as accused, Lui told Ming Pao : “I am not too [worried]. If that’s going to happen, I will have to bear my responsibility”.
The Hong Kong daily spoke to Lui outside his Tai Wai flat on Friday after it received a tip off that he may have returned to the city.
Lui is one of five associates from the Mighty Current publishing house and its Causeway Bay Books affiliate who disappeared in mysterious circumstances since last October, prompting countries including the UK to condemn what appeared to be moves by Beijing to overstep its jurisdiction.