Bookseller Lam Wing-kee attends an interview in Hong Kong, China June 19, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
HONG KONG (Reuters) - There is no legal way for a Hong Kong bookseller who returned to the city following detention on the mainland to be sent back to China, Hong Kong's security chief said on Wednesday.
The comments by Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok came after a one-day trip to Beijing to meet officials and discuss the case of five Hong Kong booksellers who went missing last year, before surfacing in mainland Chinese custody.
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