Inconsistencies emerge from Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee’s comments on his detention
The bookseller maintains that colleague Lee Po gave him the impression he was taken to the mainland involuntarily, although Lee denies this
Fresh questions have emerged after Causeway Bay Books founder Lam Wing-kee gave marathon media interviews on Sunday.
While he offered an account of what happened between October last year when he was detained in Shenzhen and last week when he returned to Hong Kong, Lam also came up with inconsistencies when he touched on the disappearance of fellow bookseller Lee Po.
Lee’s case was the most high-profile – before Lam’s explosive exposé – as he was the only one to have vanished on Hong Kong soil before resurfacing on the mainland, raising questions about whether mainland officers had carried out duties outside their jurisdiction.
During his press conference on Thursday, Lam claimed that Lee told him he was abducted to the mainland when the pair met up on Lam’s return to Hong Kong.
But Lee quickly rebutted his claim.