HONG KONG: A Hong Kong publisher whose disappearance from the city raised fears he was abducted by Chinese officials has met his wife on the mainland and is reportedly “in good spirits”, Hong Kong police said on Sunday.

Lee Bo was the fifth employee of a Hong Kong publishing house known for producing salacious titles critical of Chinese leaders to have gone missing in recent months. Lee, a British citizen, disappeared on Dec 30 in Hong Kong, Chinese law enforcers are officially barred from operating.

Three others went missing in mainland China while Gui Minhai, who has Swedish nationality, disappeared in Thailand.

Hong Kong police said early on Sunday that Lee, 65, had met his wife Sophie Choi at an unspecified location in China the previous day.

“Police have received notification from Lee Bo’s wife that she met with Lee Bo at a guesthouse in mainland China in the afternoon of Jan 23,” a statement said.

Published in Dawn, January 25th, 2016