Mr. Xiao is a Canadian citizen with an Antiguan diplomatic passport, though he was born in China. When asked on Tuesday about Mr. Xiao, the Hong Kong police issued a statement saying that “the subject” had entered mainland China through a border crossing on Friday. His disappearance was reported the following day, but on Sunday one of Mr. Xiao’s family members reported that Mr. Xiao was safe and that the family had asked to withdraw the missing person’s filing. Mr. Xiao, 45, had spent years outside China, most recently staying at the Four Seasons in Hong Kong. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyA spokesperson for the Four Seasons Hotel, where Mr. Xiao lived for years with a large retinue of attendants, was not available to comment.

Source: New York Times January 31, 2017 14:26 UTC