Hong Kong Activist Says Chinese Agents Stapled His Legs Over Messi Photo Howard Lam, a pro-democracy activist, said he was abducted and tortured after he asked the soccer star Lionel Messi to send a message of support for the Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Those Aussies Playing in the Croc Trap? ‘Idiots,’ Mayor SaysFar-Right Upsets Tradition of Consensus in New German ParliamentRussia Blocks U.N. Move to Renew Syria Chemical Weapons InquiryU.S. Warning to Pakistan: Stop Backing TerrorismAsia and Australia Edition: Rex Tillerson, Xi Jinping, Rohingya: Your Wednesday BriefingThis Catalan Town Has Already Broken From Spain, Physically at Least