Cheng, who was in Taiwan from Aug. 30 to Nov. 29, on Saturday told the Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper) that someone had begun following him after he told foreign media in Taipei about how he was tortured during his 15 days in detention in China. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the British Office Taipei had warned it that he would be interviewed in the city. While in the bookstore, the man — whose identity and intentions he was unsure of — was watching him while pretending to read, Cheng said. Chinese police told him during his interrogation that many Hong Kong protesters who had been arrested were sent to China where they were being detained, Cheng told the Liberty Times. Liu has said the Hong Kong protests have “nothing to do with democracy,” and that Beijing never asked Hong Kong to change its laws.
