Gui Minhai: the strange disappearance of a publisher who riled China's elite

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Gui Minhai: the strange disappearance of a publisher who riled China's elite

Oliver Holmes in Pattaya, Thailand and Tom Phillips in Beijing

A high profile book publisher is missing, raising questions over a deepening relationship between China and Thailands military junta

BEIJING: -- A packet of cigarettes and boxes of medication, neatly divided into daily doses, still sit on the desk where Gui Minhai would write his political gossip books on Chinas leaders.

A drill and tools lie on the kitchen top from an unfinished DIY project. A dozen eggs freshly bought but now nearly two months old decay in the fridge, and a metal coat hanger moulded into the words home waits unmounted in a plastic bag.

Guis 17th-storey apartment with perfect views towards the Gulf of Thailand is empty now. His bed was unmade the day he vanished.

A successful Hong Kong publisher, Gui is one of four members of Sage Communications famed for sensational tomes on the private lives of Chinas elite to go missing. But unlike his colleagues, who were abducted in China, Gui vanished in Thailand.

Full story: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/08/gui-minhai-the-strange-disappearance-of-a-publisher-who-riled-chinas-elite

-- The Guardian 2015-12-08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1QyTsihzjw

CCTV shows Gui Minhai arriving home shortly before going missing

[Bluespunk]

"An investigation by the Guardian has found that despite CCTV footage of the men suspected of kidnapping Gui and requests from the Swedish government to help find him, there is very little to suggest Thai authorities are following up on the case at all."

Well, I'm shocked at that news...

[yellowboat]

He said "Gui thought Thailand would be a safe place to work."

Thailand ? Safe ?

[mrrizzla]

This is the road we are heading down under our new over lords. And some on here begged for it to happen.

Hope you are happy with yourselves.

[oneday]

I hope any other Chinese dissidents living in Thailand have got the message and find a safer country to live in. One might wonder if China isn't actually getting help by those in charge.

[mike324]

One would be delusional to think Thailand is a safe place from China. Perhaps a safe place to hide if you can cover your tracks. As a publisher, I'm sure Gui is connected to the internet 24/7.