OK, not going to argue either. I think you are on point about other possibilities. It is quite possible someone must have given these missing people some tidbits about the CCP's dirty laundry. So the CCP wants to know who they are, whether tied to corruption or not. So yes, you can be right.
Can we in all certainty know that he is in Shenzhen other than the alleged conversation he is supposed to have with his wife?
She said he was speaking to him in Putonghua which is also unusual. Could she be certain if was him?
Last edited by HK_Kobe; 03-01-2016 at 01:49 PM.
Yeah, but as I pointed out, there are two very telling piece of facts that point to the possibility of kidnapping (among other possibilities): he did not used his home return permit, and he called from Shenzhen to his wife. If he did not used his permit, how did he get himself to Shenzhen?
I'm not saying he must have been kidnapped, but that possibility can't be ruled out given those facts above.
Last edited by Cho-man; 03-01-2016 at 01:50 PM.
Obviously abduction can't be rule out but I am just puzzled at the modus operandi
5 people all missing from the same bookstore
Apart from selling books to Mainland tourists, there is nothing else that they appear to have been involved in at this stage.
Abducted from Thailand and from Chai Wan? Not exactly easy to smuggle out to SZ. Why not ask him to deliver books to Sai Kung where chances of him being smuggled across the border is easier.
Wife filed missing person report and not a case of kidnapping?
Victim called from SZ and spoke to wife in Putonghua?
What benefit would there have been to abduct 5 people and not just the one
If to teach others a lesson then why have there been no news or announcements from the abductors to send a veiled or clear signal?
Clearly things are not adding up.
Piece of piss if you have the right connections. Containers get smuggled across frequently, people are somewhat easier and don't use official channels.
The Police treated it as a missing person report, not the wife.
To create a climate of fear.
Here is were you're wrong. They are not "just selling books", but are publishing books about CCP secrets in China using an informant network in China. As their knowledge seems to have run quite deep, it's not unlogical to see how they must be regarded as state dissidents in the eyes of the CCP, and they want to get to the bottom of this network.