Sars whistle-blower who sought a reappraisal of the June 4 protests is missing with his wife, says their worried daughter
Jiang Yanyong , the retired military doctor who exposed last year's Sars outbreak on the mainland, has disappeared on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen military crackdown, his daughter said yesterday.
Dr Jiang, who wrote to the Communist Party leadership in February urging a reappraisal of the pro-democracy movement, has been missing since Tuesday, along with his wife, Hua Zhongwei , said Jiang Rui , who lives in California. Ms Jiang said in a statement: 'We, the children of Dr Jiang Yanyong, would like to appeal to the Chinese government to investigate the disappearance of our parents in Beijing.
'While we do not want to speculate as to what happened to our parents, we believe the authorities of Beijing 301 Military Hospital are deliberately withholding information from us.'
Dr Jiang still sees patients at the Beijing Military 301 Hospital, where he blew the whistle on the Sars cover-up.
'Our family's inquiries to the hospital authorities about our parents' whereabouts have been met with dubious answers,' Ms Jiang said, adding the family was simply told: 'They are safe.'
Yesterday the hospital and the Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the couple's whereabouts.
