The News Lens
Date: 2017/03/29
By: ZiQing Low

Lee Ming-cheh is being detained in China by a branch of the state security police.

A Taiwanese NGO worker detained in China regularly talked about democracy and transitional justice on one of China’s most popular social media platforms, according to his employer in Taiwan.

Lee Ming-cheh (李明哲), who was reported missing on March 19, is being detained in China by a branch of the state security police, his wife told reporters in Taipei on March 28. Lee’s wife, Lee Ching-yu (李凈瑜), said she had received the news from the Taiwan government on the night of March 27.

Lee, who works as a manager in Taipei’s Wenshan District Community College, had previously held weekly conversations on the Chinese messaging and social media platform WeChat, the principal of the college, Cheng Hsiu-chuan (鄭秀娟) told The News Lens this morning.    [FULL  STORY]