Mystery remains over missing Hong Kong publisher

The wife of a missing editor of a publisher specialising in books banned in mainland China has said she has been able to visit him on the mainland, Hong Kong police said.

It is the latest twist in the disappearances of British citizen Lee Bo and four of his colleagues that have intensified fears that Beijing is clamping down on Hong Kong’s freedom of speech.

Hong Kong police said Mr Lee’s wife had told them she had met him on Saturday afternoon at a guesthouse on the Chinese mainland.