Pro-democracy lawmaker Albert Chan, carrying portraits of five missing booksellers from a local bookstore, shouts to Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying as he enters the Legislative Council chamber for the annual policy address in Hong Kong, China January 13, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
HONG KONG: Democratic lawmakers heckled Hong Kong’s leader in parliament on Wednesday, slamming him for not speaking out over five missing booksellers feared to have been detained by authorities in mainland China.
The five from Mighty Current publishing house, known for books critical of Beijing, disappeared last year, stoking fears that Chinese control is tightening in semi-autonomous Hong Kong.
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