Current classification: FORMER DETAINEE / 2026 STATUS UNDER VERIFICATION
Last verified: September 14, 2026.
Verified profile
Lee Bo, a Causeway Bay Books manager and British passport holder, disappeared from Hong Kong in December 2015 and later surfaced in mainland China. Radio Free Asia documented him as one of the five Causeway Bay booksellers detained in the cross-border case. Available evidence does not establish current imprisonment in 2026; this record therefore does not count him as a current prisoner.
Evidence and provenance
Archive rule
This is the canonical person/status record for Free China. Historical detention does not imply current imprisonment. Current custody is counted only when supported by dated evidence; unresolved contemporary status is explicitly marked under verification.