the most recent, lee bo, expected home for dinner december 30th but never showed. days later this faxed letter purportly from lee said, due to some urgent matters i have made my own way to the mainland. it might take a bit of time. protesters carrying photos of the missing booksellers have demanded answers. there was no record of lee crossing the hong kong border. why is the case of this missing bookseller so important? >> well, i think it concerns the basic security and safety of >> reporter: hong kong legislator albert ho worries chinese authorities or their agents may have illegally taken lee into the mainland. >> we are concerned about an incident of political kidnap. >> reporter: china's government linked global times newspaper wrote lee was not taken away by chinese mainland police officers, but was critical of the bookstore, calling it a source of political rumors and evil influence. >> this seems like an attack on freedom the press. >> reporter: amnesty international's william ni notes china does not have jurisdiction to come to hong kong and detain someone.

. >> reporter: protesters carried signs reading, "today, lee bo. tomorrow you and me." ee disappeared december 30th. days later he purportedly sent a letter suggesting he was in mainland china, assisting with an investigation. lee was the fifth person tied to causeway bay books to go missing. this bookshop specializes in stories that could never be on sale in mainland china criticizing the communist party and the rulers. protesters worry chinese government agents illegally snatched lee and took him into mainland china. the hong kong government released a statement saying, law enforcement officers of other jurisdictions do not have the authority to take actions if they are in hong kong. protester sammy chow said the chinese government shouldn't use their tricks to arrest hong kong people. william ni is following this case for amnesty international. >> beijing sees this type of company as posing a threat to national security because they say they're producing rumors and slander about the country's leadership and political system. >> reporter: lee bo's picture is just the l

. >> protestors carried signs reading today lee bo, towm and me. lee disappeared december 30th. days later, he purportedly sent a letter which suggested he was in mainland china, assisting with an investigation. lee was the fifth person tied to causeway bay books to go missing. >> this book shop specializes in the stories that could never be on sale in mainland china, criticizing the communist party and the rulers. >> protestors worry chinese government agents illegally snamped lee and took him into mainland china. the hong kong government released a statement today saying law enforcement officers of other jurs dictions do not have the authority to take kong. protester same cho said the chinese government shouldn't use their tricks to arrest our hong william knee is follow-- nee is following this case for am nesesy international. >> beijing sees this type of company as posing a threat to national security because they say that they are producing rumors and slander about the country's leadership and political system. >> lee bo picture is just the latest face in the fight against

the most recent, lee bo, expected home for dinner december 30th but never showed. days later this faxed letter purportly from lee said, due to some urgent matters i havav made it might take a bit of time. protesters carrying photos of the missing booksellers have demanded answers. there wawano record of lee crossing the hong kong border. why is the case of this missing bookseller so important? >> well, i think it concerns the basic security and safety of hong kong people. >> reporter: hong kong legislator albert ho worries chinese authorities or their agents may have illegally taken lee into the mainland. >> we are concerned about an incident of political kidnap. >> reporter: china's government linked global times newspaper wrote lee was not taken away by chinese mainland police officers, but was critical of the bookstore, calling it a source of political rumors and evil influence. >> this seems like an attack on freedom the press. >> reporter: amnesty international's william ni notes china does not have jurisdiction to come to hong kong and detain meone. >> in chin

to add intrigue, a mainland newspaper is saying that lee bo has once again sent a letter, this time also with a video to his wife here in hong kong. he is saying he was in china of his own volition and wondered what the fuss was about. people who are taking part in this rally don't believe that. they see this as one of the clearest indications yet of hong kong's semiautonomous state as being undermined, that this is not only an attack of free media, but on judicial independence that anybody might get the mid knock night as it is known and be spirited away across the border to a fate unknown >>> going to a china analyst. he joins us live live, a video that claims he is in mainland china of his own volition. what do you make of that? >> well, i think the facts coming out are getting curiouser and curiouser because the fact remained the lee as bo according to fish record did not believe hong kong through through the proper channels. his travel documents are still in hong kong. so how did he manage to find himself in china raises a lot of questions. those are series of disappearances during

identified as jessica lee bo knee after miami lakes. bo knee a and officer okabola th rushed memorial regional hospital. >> our offic is currently in stable condition. unfortunately the driver of the other r hicle did not survive the injuries she suffered in the crash. >> reporter: pembroke pines detectives say they may already know why bonia crashed into one of their officers. >> they re able it to speak to different individuals and determine that alcohol may have played a role in the crash. >> reporter: officer okabola is expected to make a full as for the 4-year-old woman who was behind the wheel of this mangled infiniti. her loved ones now having to cope with a loss that happened so suddenly. >> ie any time any one is seriously injured or tragically killld nay traffic crarks it's devastating, not just to the officers and paramedics working the scene but mostly to the family members who have suffered that loss. >> and officer ok warks bola has been with with the pembroke pines police department for more than i nine years now and again

on december 30th, publisher lee bo never returned home. then days later a faxed letter purportedly written by lee said he was cooperating with an investigation and had made his own way to the mainland. >> we're concerned about an incident of political kidnap. >> reporter: you're calling this a political kidnapping? >> reporter: must be. >> reporter: albert ho is worried lee was snatched and take on the china. what is at stake here for hong kong? it really touched the nerve of every ordinary citizen, because we... it's more than freedom of publication. >> reporter: but a risk these protesters are willing to take to protect their freedom of speech. >> we will fight for our human rights. >> reporter: seth doane, cbs news, hong kong. >> rose: still ahead, steve hartman on the road, but up next, a grandmother's labor of love. ryou do all this research rthree spreadsheets later, r you finally bring home the one... then smash it into a tree. p your insurance company is all too happy to raise your rates... p maybe you should've done a little more r

there is further injury with a mainland newspaper saying that lee bo sent a video saying that he is there of his own volition and telling people not to take part in demonstrations like this one. so the plot thickens and the mystery deepens >>> the u.s. air force b52 bomber has been on a low-lying flying mission in south korea days after north korea announced a bomb test. ethiopian security forces have been accused of killing 140 people over the past two months in a crack down on dissent. protesters mainly from an ethnic group feared the project would take away the land. the government sefz dozens of protesters have been killed. >> reporter: a member of the ethiopian security forces shot mother of two lisa in her neck during a recent protest. when her condition began to deteriorate in hospital, she insisted her father take her back to her village so she could see her children. >> translation: we went to demonstrate. they allowed us to pass the first check point. at the second check point somebody threw a stone. security forces then took action. people threw themselves on the ground. >> rep