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Doubts Surround Claimed Release of HK Publisher

On October 17, 2015, Chinese-born Swedish citizen Gui Minhai mysteriously disappeared from his summer home in Thailand, and months later appeared on Chinese state television delivering what was widely believed to be a forced confession for a decade-old hit-and-run. Gui is a co-owner of Hong Kong-based Mighty Current Media and its Causeway Bay bookstore, a company that specialized in publishing salacious titles on mainland officials. Four other Hong Kong-based people