Agnes Chow calls for more international coverage in her video. Photo: Youtube
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A video of student activist Agnes Chow, calling for more international media coverage of the disappearance of five people linked to a bookshop in Causeway Bay, has gone viral. The bookstore sold material critical of the Communist Party, and there has been speculation those missing may have been detained by Public Security officers from the mainland.
The video, called 'An Urgent Cry from Hong Kong', has received hundreds of thousands of views on social media.
The latest person to go missing, Lee Bo, disappeared from Chai Wan on Wednesday. His wife says she received a call from him that night saying he was being investigated. She said the call display showed a Shenzhen number.
Mrs Lee said her husband also told her not to publicise the incident, but she decided to seek the police's help on Friday to show that her husband had not been involved in any wrongdoing.
Four other people linked to the bookstore have gone missing over the past few months.
Nineteen-year-old Chow, who as a Scholarism member played a key role in the pro-democracy Occupy campaign, said that, if confirmed, the apparent abductions would prove Hong Kong is no longer a safe haven for free speech.
The Hong Kong police are looking into the case and the Acting Secretary for Security, John Lee, said on Sunday that the police would be expanding the scope of their investigation into the disappearance.
DAB lawmaker Christopher Chung has said people should be content to wait until the facts become clear. He said he believed the police would reveal the results of their investigation once it is complete.
The Chief Security Carrie Lam said on Saturday that government is concerned about all Hong Kong people. She said couldn't comment further as police were investigating.
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