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A Hong Kong publisher reported missing last October has appeared on Chinese state TV saying he voluntarily handed himself over to the authorities.
Gui Minhai said he turned himself in after being on the run for 12 years over a drink-driving conviction.
Mr Gui, a Swedish national, is one of five Hong Kong booksellers to go missing recently.
Some in Hong Kong have alleged they are being detained by China because of a book critical of the mainland.
Thousands joined rallies in Hong Kong last week over the disappearances, saying it amounted to an erosion of freedoms.
The Chinese state news agency Xinhua said Mr Gui, 51, was involved in a fatal car accident in the eastern city of Ningbo, in which a female college student was killed. It said he fled while under a suspended two-year jail term.
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Gui Minhai said he turned himself in after being on the run for 12 years over a drink-driving conviction.
Mr Gui, a Swedish national, is one of five Hong Kong booksellers to go missing recently.
Some in Hong Kong have alleged they are being detained by China because of a book critical of the mainland.
Thousands joined rallies in Hong Kong last week over the disappearances, saying it amounted to an erosion of freedoms.
The Chinese state news agency Xinhua said Mr Gui, 51, was involved in a fatal car accident in the eastern city of Ningbo, in which a female college student was killed. It said he fled while under a suspended two-year jail term.
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