Wife of ‘missing’ Hong Kong bookseller Lee Po reunited with husband in ‘secret’ meeting in mainland China
Hong Kong police out of the loop as Choi Ka-ping tells them Lee is a ‘witness’’ in an ongoing investigation
Missing bookseller Lee Po – as the police now refer to Lee Bo – met his wife at a secret location on the mainland over the weekend, almost a month after he vanished mysteriously from Hong Kong.
The unexpected meeting on Saturday afternoon and reported early yesterday morning sparked another controversy as mainland authorities were accused of sidelining the Hong Kong government, which was allegedly kept in the dark until Lee’s wife, Sophie Choi Ka-ping, made a report to the police hours after their reunion.
The unexplained disappearance of Lee Po and four others associated with Causeway Bay Books over the past three months made headlines around the world as many feared they had been abducted by mainland agents, thereby compromising the principle of “one country, two systems” for Hong Kong.
A letter from Lee Po, delivered by his wife to the Hong Kong police states the following:
I have not been kidnapped and definitely have not been arrested on the mainland for [purchasing] prostitution . I have already met with my wife. Over here I am free and safe.
To the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region police department: