Posted on 01/18/2016 8:03:55 AM PST by BenLurkin
Gui Minhai is one of five missing people who are associated with the publisher Mighty Current, which specializes in gossipy books on political scandals involving China's Communist leaders and other sensitive topics that are banned in the mainland.
Their disappearances raised concerns Beijing is eroding the "one country, two systems" principle that has preserved freedom of the press and other rights in Hong Kong since China gained control of the city from Britain in 1997.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported that Gui said while in detention that he surrendered in October, 10 years after he fled China after killing a woman while driving drunk. The report did not say if he was facing trial nor did it address the other disappearances.
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"I do still believe he was abducted," the Guardian quoted Angela Gui as saying. "I still think it is suspicious that he and his associates went missing. Even if (the confession) is true, I don't think that is why he is there."
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