China foreign ministry says it has no information on seized Swedish citizen

Record ID: 984525

  • Title: China foreign ministry says it has no information on seized Swedish citizen
  • Date: 23rd January 2018
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JANUARY 23, 2018) (REUTERS) MEDIA SITTING IN CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING, SAYING: "The Chinese and Swedish sides have very open communication channels. If there are any problems from one or both sides they can be raised, both sides can conduct timely and effective dialogue
  • Embargoed: 6th February 2018 10:29
  • Keywords: China foreign ministry Sweden Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0017ZC0M6F
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday (January 23) it had no information on the detained Swedish citizen and Hong Kong-based bookseller Gui Minhai, after his daughter said he was seized from a Beijing-bound train.
    Gui, escorted by two Swedish diplomats to seek medical attention for a neurological disorder, was taken away on Saturday (January 20) by plainclothes police, Angela Gui told Radio Sweden, adding she is concerned for the safety of her father who was released from Chinese custody in October. His whereabouts since then have remained unclear.
    Sweden's foreign ministry says Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom had summoned China's ambassador over the issue.
    In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said she did not have any specific information about Gui's case. "The Chinese and Swedish sides have very open communication channels," Hua told a daily news briefing.
    Gui Minhai was previously abducted in Thailand while on holiday in 2015, one of five Hong Kong booksellers who went missing that year and later appeared in mainland Chinese custody. The four others have returned to Hong Kong.
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