epa05372182 A member of the public signs a petition to denounce cross-border abductions and the false imprisonment of returned bookseller Lam Wing-kee, as well as to stand up for freedom of expression in Hong Kong, outside the Causeway Bay Books bookstore, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, China, 17 June 2016. EPA/ALEX HOFFORD
HONG KONG: Hong Kong lawmakers say residents have been left “petrified” by explosive revelations from a city bookseller about his detention in China and have slammed Beijing for violating freedoms.
In a surprise interview Lam Wing-kee broke his silence Thursday over how he had been detained on a visit to China and was interrogated for months with no access to a lawyer or his family. He vowed to break bail, refusing to return to the mainland.
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