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China's Government news chief goes missing amid defection rumours | Wan Wuyi (58), the head of China's domestic news
service, has gone missing during a trip to Britain amid speculation that he has defected. Wan, who had worked at the state news agency Xinhua for the past eight
years, presiding over the domestic propaganda arm of the Communist Party, disappeared
after being sent to complete a training course at Oxford University. However,
speculation is growing that he has escaped to the UK , in what would be one of
the most senior defections ever, The Telegraph reports. Wan is said to have gone
missing after telling colleagues he was suffering a bad back so would have to
delay his flight home after finishing the training last month. Rumours on the
Chinese Internet suggested that Wan might have decided to flee after his reporting
landed him on the wrong side of Chinese leaders. There were also claims he may
have been under investigation for corruption. Wan's wife is said to have already
emigrated to the UK , The Telegraph reports. A retired senior editor at Xinhua
in Beijing told Mirrorbooks, a Chinese website operating out of New York , that
Wan had split from his colleagues during the visit. "He went to the UK with a
delegation from the Organisation Department. He complained he was suffering from
a relapse of a back problem and that he could not walk. The delegation left him
and he changed to a cheaper hotel," said the source. A spokesman for Xinhua refused
to confirm or deny whether Wan had defected. "We do not know the situation clearly.
You should keep an eye on the news," he said. |
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