OCTOBER 17: Gui Minhai last seen in Pattaya
OCTOBER 20 -26: Three more go missing from Shenzhen
TWO WEEKS after Gui went missing
NOVEMBER 3: Men at Gui’s Pattaya apartment. Photo: SCMP Pictures
NOVEMBER 5: Missing person reports made . Photo: Dickson Lee
DECEMBER 30: Lee Bo last seen. Photo: AFP
JANUARY 1: Lee Bo reported missing. Photo: Sam Tsang
JANUARY 3: No record of Lee leaving Hong Kong. Photo: Felix Wong
JANUARY 3: Violation of “one country, two systems”. Photo: Sam Tsang
JANUARY 3: Protest outside liaison offices. Photo: Felix Wong
JANUARY 4: Lee’s wife withdraws request of police help.
JANUARY 5: “First and foremost a Chinese citizen”. Photo: Xinhua
JANUARY 5: “Went to mainland to hire prostitutes”. Photo: Dickson Lee
JANUARY 9: Video and second letter from Lee
JANUARY 10: Thousands showed up to protest missing booksellers disappearances. Photo: AFP
JANUARY 12: Mighty Current warehouse lift. Photo: Jonathan Wong
JANUARY 13: Heckling at Policy Address. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
JANUARY 17: Gui says he went to China of his own freewill
JANUARY 18: Lee Bo confirmed in mainland. Photo: Reuters
JANUARY 19: Hong Kong chief executive justifies Guangdong’s reply 20 days after Lee disappeared. Photo: Felix Wong
JANUARY 23: Sophie Choi Ka-ping meets Lee Po at a secret location in mainland China, bringing back Lee’s letter reiterating his safety and freedom.
JANUARY 24: The Sunday Times reported that a leaked document details China targeting publishing houses and publications. Photo: Nora Tam
Timeline: Hong Kong’s missing booksellers and what we know so far
Breaking down what we know happened in the case of the disappearance of the owners and employees of Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong since October, 2015
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Hong Kong bookseller disappearances
Laura Ma
in New York
Updated: 1:43pm, 1 Mar, 2016
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OCTOBER 17: Gui Minhai last seen in Pattaya
OCTOBER 20 -26: Three more go missing from Shenzhen
TWO WEEKS after Gui went missing
NOVEMBER 3: Men at Gui’s Pattaya apartment. Photo: SCMP Pictures
NOVEMBER 5: Missing person reports made . Photo: Dickson Lee
DECEMBER 30: Lee Bo last seen. Photo: AFP
JANUARY 1: Lee Bo reported missing. Photo: Sam Tsang
JANUARY 3: No record of Lee leaving Hong Kong. Photo: Felix Wong
JANUARY 3: Violation of “one country, two systems”. Photo: Sam Tsang
JANUARY 3: Protest outside liaison offices. Photo: Felix Wong
JANUARY 4: Lee’s wife withdraws request of police help.
JANUARY 5: “First and foremost a Chinese citizen”. Photo: Xinhua
JANUARY 5: “Went to mainland to hire prostitutes”. Photo: Dickson Lee
JANUARY 9: Video and second letter from Lee
JANUARY 10: Thousands showed up to protest missing booksellers disappearances. Photo: AFP
JANUARY 12: Mighty Current warehouse lift. Photo: Jonathan Wong
JANUARY 13: Heckling at Policy Address. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
JANUARY 17: Gui says he went to China of his own freewill
JANUARY 18: Lee Bo confirmed in mainland. Photo: Reuters
JANUARY 19: Hong Kong chief executive justifies Guangdong’s reply 20 days after Lee disappeared. Photo: Felix Wong
JANUARY 23: Sophie Choi Ka-ping meets Lee Po at a secret location in mainland China, bringing back Lee’s letter reiterating his safety and freedom.
JANUARY 24: The Sunday Times reported that a leaked document details China targeting publishing houses and publications. Photo: Nora Tam
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Laura Ma is the Post's social media producer in New York. Previously, she was one of the Post's homepage editors and a digital producer in Hong Kong. She has also worked for CNN and the Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia.