NO CONNECTIONA man named Peng Yuhua stood trial alongside Lee, accused of creating a social media group, but rights advocates say they had never heard of him
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 12, 2017
By: Reuters, BEIJING
Taiwanese human rights advocate Lee Ming-che (李明哲) yesterday confessed in a
Lee Ching-yu, wife of human rights advocate Lee Ming-Che, shows her arms tattooed with the words “Lee Ming-che, I am proud of you” to reporters in a hotel room in Yueyang in China’s Hunan Province, yesterday. Photo: AP
court in China to attempting to subvert the Chinese government, according to videos of his trial released by Chinese authorities, although his wife refused to recognize the court’s authority.
Lee, a community college teacher known for his pro-democracy and rights activism, went missing after entering China on March 19.
Chinese authorities later confirmed that he was being investigated on suspicion of damaging national security.
Lee said that he accepted the charge of subversion and expressed regret in videos of his comments released on social media by the Yueyang City Intermediate People’s Court in Yueyang, Hunan Province. [FULL STORY]
