Hong Kong Bookseller Detained by China Dies in Taiwan at 70
Lam Wing-kee, a Hong Kong bookseller who was detained by Chinese authorities in 2015, has died in Taiwan at the age of 70. Lam was known for selling politically sensitive books and had sought refuge in Taiwan after his release.
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Ex-HK bookseller Lam Wing-kee, detained by China in 2015, dies in Taiwan at 70
Lam was one of five people from Causeway Bay Books who disappeared in 2015. He later detailed his detention by Chinese authorities.
By The Associated Press
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Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who publicly recounted being abducted and detained by mainland Chinese authorities in 2015, has died at the age of 70 after a years-long battle with lung cancer, according to Taiwanese media. Local media reported that Lam, who moved to Taiwan in 2019, was admitted to Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei on Tuesday, but his condition worsened and he fell into a coma. He was pronounced dead on Thursday evening. Last year, he disclosed that his lung adenocarcino...
By Wynna Wong
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Lam Wing-kee, a Hong Kong bookseller who fled to Taiwan in 2019 after being detained by China in 2015 for selling content deemed critical of Beijing, died Thursday at the age of 70. Taiwan’s semi-official Central News Agency reported that Lam had died at Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei after a battle with cancer, citing […]
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