An award-winning Chinese photographer has disappeared while visiting China’s Xinjiang region, says his wife. Lu Guang, who lives in New York, was invited to Xinjiang for a talk in October. His wife Xu Xiaoli says she last heard from him on 3 November.
Officials later told her that national security officers in the heavily-controlled region had taken Mr Lu away. Ms Xu told BBC Chinese that she did not know whether Mr Lu had done anything to provoke government anger.
Mr Lu is a three-time World Press Photo award winner who focuses on environmental and societal issues in China. On 23 October, Mr Lu flew to Urumqi – the capital city of the Xinjiang region – where he had been invited to attend a number of photography events.
He planned to fly to Sichuan where he would meet another friend, identified only as Mr Chen, on 5 November for a charity event. But when Mr Chen arrived in Sichuan, he was unable to find Mr Lu and contacted Ms Xu to ask about his whereabouts.
Credit: BBC
