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Ex-HK bookseller Lam Wing-kee, detained by China in 2015, dies in Taiwan at 70

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July 3, 2026 at 4:25 AM
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Ex-HK bookseller Lam Wing-kee, detained by China in 2015, dies in Taiwan at 70

Lam was one of five people from Causeway Bay Books who disappeared in 2015. He later detailed his detention by Chinese authorities.

FILE - Freed Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee stands next to a placard with a picture of missing bookseller Gui Minhai, left, in front of his book store during a march in Hong Kong on June 18, 2016.

Lam was one of five people from Causeway Bay Books who disappeared in 2015. He later detailed his detention by Chinese authorities.

(Image credit: Kin Cheung)