Taipei Times
Date: Oct 03, 2017
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Worried that detained human rights advocate Lee Ming-che (李明哲) might have been
Members of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, including secretary-general Chiu Ee-ling, second left, hold flowers at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times
sentenced in secret, civic groups and legislators yesterday urged the government to take immediate action to protect Lee’s right to appeal.
Yesterday marked the 197th day since Lee went missing after a trip to China in March. Beijing later said he was being detained on charges of subversion of state power.
After a video was released of Lee confessing his crimes in court on Sept. 11, his situation has again become unknown, the groups said.
The video showed that Lee was prosecuted on Aug. 8, and according to China’s Criminal Law, the court must reach a verdict within two month after accepting a case, Taiwan Association for Human Rights secretary-general Chiu Ee-ling (邱伊翎) told a news conference yesterday. [FULL STORY]
