Second SCMP reporter dropped out of contact in China last year, sources say

South China Morning Post reporter Minnie Chan has been unreachable by friends and colleagues for more than a month [Facebook]

Taipei, Taiwan – A Hong Kong reporter who has been unreachable since travelling to China more than one month ago is the second journalist at her newspaper to have a lengthy unexplained absence from work in as many years, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.

Minnie Chan, a reporter with the South China Morning Post (SCMP), has been out of contact with friends since travelling to Beijing in late October to attend the Xiangshan Forum, Japan’s Kyodo News reported on Thursday, raising fears she may have been detained by Chinese authorities.