Chinese Journalist Who Defected is Missing From Thailand

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Chinese Journalist Who Defected is Missing From Thailand



Chinese journalist Li Xin in New Delhi, India, Nov. 20, 2015. Photo: Saurabh Das / AP

BEIJING ― A Chinese journalist who said he was fed up with a life as a government informant and fled China last year has been missing from Thailand since Jan. 11, his wife said Friday, raising concerns he might have been abducted by Chinese agents.


He Fangmei said she last spoke to her husband, Li Xin, when he was riding a train from Bangkok to Nong Khai. She said she fears the journalist was taken back to China.

Li, formerly a website editor for a Chinese media group, fled last October to India, where he told The Associated Press that he could no longer bear working as a secret informant for the Chinese government. He later traveled to Thailand.

Li's wife said he was planning to seek asylum before he went missing.

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1453531967

-- Khaosod English 2016-01-24

[thesetat2013]

Wow! Did he ever pick the wrong country to flee to. Should have gone to Dubai hehee

[asdecas]

The CPC spreads its tentacles in Thailand, easy in the knowledge that the supine curs value infrastructure investment more than principle.

[houlicha]

Ms. He might want to consider moving to Toronto or some such place.

[Norvid 1950]

Being so close to China and to so many Chinese communities in Thailand might of been a problem to start with. Power & influence made this escape controversial. Wish him being alive and free one day.

[silent]

Ms. He might want to consider moving to Toronto or some such place.

Markham

[leeneeds]

Now you see me , now you don't ,, its magic, "CPC style"

[NCC1701A]

lets hope he walked into the US embassy in Bangkok. he might still be there.

sorry for his extended family. they are dead.

[dageurreotype]

Why has this 'News' item been re-posted? As are many others. Getting short of hits are they?

[jcsmith]

This is becoming a regular thing. Quite obviously the government is doing the Chinese' bidding.

[soalbundy]

Maybe he fell off the train

[Strangebrew]

He was broke no bribe money to make payoffs.

[elgordo38]

Is this the guy the Chinese trotted out to plead guilty on some trumped up charge there.

[Pete Beale]

Thought it said defecated in the thread title, behaviour of certain Chinese tourists must be playing tricks on my mind.

[Minnie the Minx]

According to Weibo, he was relocated back to China.