AFRAID OF PERSECUTION: Lam Wing-kei hopes to settle in Taiwan and has been regularly briefing the National Immigration Agency on his plans to open a bookstore

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 26, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Former Causeway Bay Books manager Lam Wing-kei (林榮基), who fled to Taiwan from Hong Kong in April for fear of being persecuted by China, has been granted a second visa extension so that he can find a way to settle in the nation, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterday.

Lam’s visa was due to expire yesterday, but the National Immigration Agency (NIA) on July 15 approved his application for a three-month extension, which would allow him to stay until Oct. 25, MAC Deputy Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) said.

“We all know the situation in Hong Kong has been deteriorating, and Lam has had some misfortunes,” Chiu said.

He was referring to China’s abduction and detention in 2015 of Lam and four other people connected to Causeway Bay Books who were reportedly selling titles banned in China and shipping them to people there.    [FULL  STORY]