Gui Minhai’s daughter testifies

After a long media silence, the daughter of the kidnapped Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai, Angela Gui, testified May 24, 2016 in the US congress about her kidnapped father, reminding everyone he is still illegally held without charges, having been illegally taken from Thailand to China last October and illegally paraded twice on Chinese state controlled TV, forced to incriminate himself. She laid out the facts of the case calmly and clearly, very impressive: Talk about speaking truth to power — in a very British English. (She too is a compatriot, a citizen of Sweden, yet is a student at Warwick U in the UK).

Excerpts from her testimony can be seen on video at numerous sites, such as here:

Video: ‘Speaking up is the only option I have’: Daughter of ‘abducted’ bookseller testifies at US hearing.

By Kris Cheng. Hong Kong Free Press, 25 May 2016 08:57am.

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/25/video-speaking-up-is-the-only-option-i-have-daughter-of-abducted-bookseller-testifies-at-us-hearing/

In the testimony she urged all countries not to accept China kidnapping people outside of China, as duly noted in Hong Kong:

Don’t let China carry out illegal operations on foreign soil, daughter of missing Hong Kong bookseller urges US panel.

By Phila Siu. South China Morning Post, Posted May 25th 2016, 10:09am.

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1953716/dont-let-china-carry-out-illegal-operations-foreign-soil

Here one of many reports in Cantonese:

桂民海女兒在美指控 中國非法行動綁架其父. 2016 05月25日(三) 03:06am

http://hk.on.cc/cn/bkn/cnt/news/20160525/bkncn-20160525030611935-0525_05011_001.html

Her testimony transcript (and some by others, on China quashing freedom of expression etc.) are slated to appear here on the congress committee site:

http://www.cecc.gov/events/hearings/the-long-arm-of-china-global-efforts-to-silence-critics-from-tiananmen-to-today

See: Smith Chairs Hearing Investigating China’s Global Efforts to Silence Critics. Washington, May 24, 2016 | Jeff Sagnip ((202) 225-3765). Website of US Congressman Chris Smith (Republican). http://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398993

+ the committee chair’s statement:

http://chrissmith.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2016-05-24_long_arm_of_china_hearing_chairman_chris_smith_opening_statement.pdf

Magnus Fiskesjö <nf42@cornell.edu>

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