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Missing Hong Kong Bookseller Speaks

Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee reveals all about his eight-month detention in mainland China in a press conference.

Being a book-seller isn't usually a high risk occupation. But that seems to have changed in recent months in Hong Kong. Five Hong Kong book-sellers disappeared, ultimately finding themselves imprisoned and interrogated by the authorities in mainland China. Four have now been released - and one of them, Lam Wing-Kee held a press conference to share his story. What does this mean for the general business climate, in what is one of the world's great centres of finance? We speak to Nicholas Bequelin, East Asia Director for the human rights group Amnesty International.

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Fri 17 Jun 2016 22:32GMT

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  • Fri 17 Jun 2016 22:32GMT