香港前书商再次被捕

Sweden’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that China’s ambassador had been summoned over the arrest of a former Hong Kong-based bookseller and Swedish citizen over the weekend.

瑞典外交部周二表示，就上周末身为香港前书商的瑞典公民被逮捕一事传召了中国驻瑞典大使。

Gui Minhai is one of five booksellers residing in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong who went missing in 2015 after publishing or selling titles critical of leaders from China’s ruling Communist party, a turn of events which increased fears over Beijing’s curbing of freedom of speech in the semi-autonomous city.

2015年，五名在中国香港特区居住的书商在发行或销售了批评执政党中国共产党的领导人的书籍后失踪，桂敏海正是其中之一。这成为了事态转折点，人们由此越来越担心北京方面对这座半自治城市言论自由的镇压。

He resurfaced on state-TV in 2016 confessing to a drink-driving charge, confirming that he had been taken to mainland China. He was released late last year but has been kept under tight surveillance within China, according to reports.

2016年，桂敏海在官方电视台再度露面，承认酒驾指控，证实了他被带到中国内地的情况。据报道称，去年年底他被释放，但始终身在中国处于严密监视下。

Mr Gui was “seized by the Chinese authorities during an ongoing consular support session last Saturday,” the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.

瑞典外交部在其官方网站上发表声明称，桂敏海“上周六在一项正在进行的由领事陪同的活动中被中国当局逮捕”。

“Chinese authorities have repeatedly assured us that Gui Minhai is a free man since he was released after a penalty for a traffic-related crime, and that we can have the contacts desired with our citizens,” the statement said, adding that the ministry expected Mr Gui to be released immediately.

“中国当局再三向我们保证，桂敏海自从接受交通违法处罚被释放后，拥有人身自由，我们可以与我们的公民进行所需要的接触，”该声明表示，并补充称瑞典外交部希望桂敏海被立即释放。

Asked about Mr Gui’s situation on Tuesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters at a regular press conference that: “We hope that any foreigners in China, including foreign diplomats, can observe international and Chinese laws”.

周二，当被问及桂敏海的状况时，中国外交部发言人华春莹在例行记者会向记者表示：“我们希望在中国的所有外国人，包括外国外交官在内，都能够遵守国际法和中国的法律。”

Her remarks on Mr Gui were expunged from the official transcript of the press conference.

她对于桂敏海一事的评论并未出现在中国外交部对此次例行记者会的官方记录中。