Billy H.C. Kwok
Left: Lai Wai-ling, mother of Yu Man-hon, pictured in August 2022. Her autistic son, then 15, disappeared at the border between Hong Kong and Guangdong in 2000. The overlayed text is of a letter she wrote to her son in October 2022, at Kwok’s invitation.
Right: In the process of searching for her son for more than 20 years, Lai Wai-ling has received thousands of letters from people across China claiming to be her son or to have her son, and asking for money and Hong Kong residency status.
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Left: Lai Wai-ling, mother of Yu Man-hon, pictured in August 2022. Her autistic son, then 15, disappeared at the border between Hong Kong and Guangdong in 2000. The overlayed text is of a letter she wrote to her son in October 2022, at Kwok’s invitation.
Right: In the process of searching for her son for more than 20 years, Lai Wai-ling has received thousands of letters from people across China claiming to be her son or to have her son, and asking for money and Hong Kong residency status.