Exclusive | Before he vanished, Hong Kong bookseller thought no harm would come to him if he stayed away from mainland
In an interview in November, bookstore owner Lee Bo said he was not worried about suffering same fate as his four missing colleagues
More than a month before he went missing last weekend, Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo, whose store publishes titles critical of the Communist Party leadership, expressed confidence that no harm would come to him as long as he stayed in the city and did not venture onto the mainland.
He did not think he would face the same fate as four of his colleagues who had vanished without a trace, he told the Post in an interview then.
In a portion of the interview not previously published, Lee said he felt safe staying in Hong Kong.
“I am not worried. I have avoided going to the mainland for many years,” he said.
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Lee, 65, co-owns publishing company Mighty Current and Causeway Bay Books, which it runs. The bookstore sells titles covering mainland political gossip and scandals involving officials, which are regarded in the mainland as “banned books” and are a favourite item for mainland visitors.
