Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/27
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan

Taipei, Nov. 27 (CNA) China has abruptly revoked the entry permit of former Democratic

Wang Li-ping (王麗萍, left) and Lee Ching-yu (李凈瑜, front center)

Progressive Party lawmaker Wang Li-ping (王麗萍), who accompanied Lee Ching-yu (李凈瑜) to China to hear the ruling in a court case involving Lee’s husband.

The incident occurred when Lee, Wang and three others arrived at Huanghua International Airport in Changsha in Hunan province on Monday evening, ahead of the announcement of the verdict in a court in Yueyang, not far from Changsha, on Tuesday morning.

Wang was forced to fly from Changsha to Hong Kong International Airport and then take a 10:55 p.m. flight from Hong Kong to Taiwan that was expected to arrive at 12:35 a.m., according to Taiwanese nongovernment organizations (NGOs) advocating the release of Lee’s husband, Lee Ming-che (李明哲).    [FULL  STORY]