Status: Reported incommunicado since October 2023; exact charges and whereabouts remain unconfirmed.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), as reproduced by RSF-content-bearing syndicated copies, describes Minnie Chan as a senior defence reporter for the South China Morning Post. The reports say she was last heard from in October 2023 while attending the Beijing Xiangshan Forum and had remained incommunicado for three years as of September 14, 2026.
RSF, citing unnamed in-country sources, reported that Chan may face a prison sentence of ten years or more. FreeChina.live records that claim strictly as an attributed report; the exact charges, legal status and whereabouts have not been independently confirmed.
RSF also sought comment from the South China Morning Post. According to the syndicated RSF-content copy reviewed for this page, the newspaper had not confirmed Chan’s current employment status or the nature of any detention or charges.
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