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Ex-HK bookseller Lam Wing-kee, detained by China in 2015, dies in Taiwan at 70

Friday, July 3, 2026


Lam Wing-kee, a Hong Kong bookseller who was detained by Chinese authorities in 2015 and later released, died in Taiwan at age 70. Lam was one of five employees of Causeway Bay Books who disappeared that year. After his release, he provided accounts of his detention by Chinese officials. He had relocated to Taiwan in subsequent years.

Original reporting: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/03/g-s1-131904/ex-hk-bookseller-lam-wing-kee-detained-by-china-in-2015-dies-in-taiwan-at-70

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