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Lee Ching-yu (李凈瑜), the wife of Taiwanese democracy advocate Lee Ming-che (李明.
The News Lens
Date: 2019/01/29
By: TNL Daily News
Lee Ching-yu (李凈瑜), the wife of Taiwanese democracy advocate Lee Ming-che (李明哲), has been disallowed from visiting her husband in a Chinese prison for three months after the prison accused her of distorting facts following a Dec. 18 visit, the Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TACHR) said on Monday.
According to CNA, the notice from Chishan Prison in Hunan province, where her husband is being held, reads: “Your distortion of the facts has disrupted the practice of normal legal affairs in the prison and has hampered the reform work on Lee Ming-che.”
The notice said Lee Ching-yu would be barred from meeting her husband between Jan. 23 and Apr. 22, according to TACHR.
After Lee Ching-yu’s previous visit, she held a Dec. 24 news conference in which she accused Chishan Prison of treating her husband inhumanely and freezing his bank account. [FULL STORY]
