Wife says she was told he was seized 3 weeks ago by Chinese security agents
Chinese photographer Lu Guang has gone missing during a visit to China’s Xinjiang province.
Lu’s wife Xu Xiaoli, who is in the United States, set up a Twitter account this week to spread information about the disappearance of the award-winning photojournalist, who covers sensitive issues in China, such as pollution, poverty, and AIDS.
Xu said Lu had been missing since Nov. 3 after disappearing during a trip to attend several photography events in China. He was expected to meet a friend in Sichuan on Nov. 5, but failed to appear. Xu says the wife of Lu’s host in Xinjiang said he had been taken away by national security agents.
A friend of the couple, Chinese artist Wu Yuren, told VOA that Xu considered traveling to China to search for her husband. Wu said he managed to talk Xu into staying in the United States to publicize his disappearance.
“We were all very shocked,” Wu told VOA’s Mandarin service.
