Amnesty: Gui Interview Almost Certainly 'forced'

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2018-02-10 HKT 14:42

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  A protester holds up a photo of Gui Minhai (left) outside Beijing's Liaison Office in January. Photo: AP

William Nee from Amnesty International talking to RTHK's Timmy Sung

An Amnesty International researcher for China, William Nee, says it's "almost certain" that the detained Causeway Bay bookseller, Gui Minhai, was "forced" to give an interview with several media outlets.

In an interview arranged by Chinese authorities yesterday, Gui accused Sweden of treating him like a "chess piece" in order to cause trouble for Beijing.

Speaking from a detention facility in Ningbo, he also said he would consider giving up his Swedish citizenship if the government continued to create trouble, adding that officials there had "sensationalised" what happened to him.

But Mr Nee said he believed the interview was "coached".

Gui was snatched by mainland police last month as he was on his way to Beijing in the company of two Swedish diplomats. Stockholm later called the seizure a "brutal intervention".

The bookseller's store in Hong Kong had been selling titles about the private lives of senior mainland officials.