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Hong Kong police say missing book editor Lee Bo has returned home following his disappearance in a case that rattled civil liberties advocates in the territory. | Hong Kong police say missing book editor Lee Bo has returned home following his disappearance in a case that rattled civil liberties advocates in the territory. |
A police statement said Lee returned on Thursday from the Chinese mainland and met with officers as part of an investigation. | A police statement said Lee returned on Thursday from the Chinese mainland and met with officers as part of an investigation. |
It said Lee did not provide thorough information about his departure from Hong Kong but said he had gone to the mainland to assist in a court case against a friend and had not been abducted. The statement said Lee told officers he had been safe and free while on the mainland but gave few details. | It said Lee did not provide thorough information about his departure from Hong Kong but said he had gone to the mainland to assist in a court case against a friend and had not been abducted. The statement said Lee told officers he had been safe and free while on the mainland but gave few details. |
Lee was one of five Hong Kong-based men associated with a publishing house that produced works about China’s Communist leadership that were banned on the mainland. |