Hong Kong activist hits out at Beijing in video over missing booksellers

After fifth disappearance, umbrella movement’s Agnes Chow criticises China regime in video that has gone viralA young pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong has released a video, which has gone viral, attacking Beijing’s campaign of “political suppression” following the disappearances of five booksellers. Agnes Chow, a 19-year-old student who was a prominent figure during the former colony’s 2014 ”umbrella movement” protests, posted the five-minute video on Facebook on Saturday, three days after a bookshop owner, Lee Po, became the latest member of Hong Kong’s publishing community to vanish. Related: Hong Kong politicians call for Beijing to answer over bookseller's 'abduction' Related: Gui Minhai: the strange disappearance of a publisher who riled China's elite Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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