Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/03/12
By Joseph Yeh
Taipei, March 12 (CNA) A visiting U.S. official responsible for religious freedom urged the
Sam Brownback (left) and Lee Ching-yu (李凈瑜).
Chinese government Tuesday to release jailed Taiwanese democracy activist Lee Ming-che (李明哲), who is serving a five-year-prison term in China on charges of subversion of state power.
U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback who is visiting Taiwan for a regional religious freedom forum, the first of its kind, made the call during a press briefing in Taipei after a meeting with Lee’s wife Lee Ching-yu (李凈瑜).
Lee Ming-che has been detained in China since March 2017 and has been serving a five-year prison term since November 2017 after being convicted of subversion of state power.
Since then, his wife has been visiting worldwide human rights watchdogs to rally support to jointly call on Beijing for his swift release. [FULL STORY]
