Repeated calls to Wang's cell phone and to that of her husband and fellow rights lawyer Bao Longjun rang unanswered. A friend of Wang's who asked to remain anonymous said her "disappearance" was likely linked to her involvement in a legal case in the southern province of Guangdong.
"She is working on a case, and the state security police asked her to postpone working on it for a couple of days so they could take her to Wuhan on [enforced] 'vacation'," the friend said, adding that the couple haven't been in contact with family or friends since noon on Sunday. "I'm a bit worried that the state security police will take advantage of this opportunity, and that they will remain incommunicado even after the sensitive dates have passed," the friend said.
