Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-09-10

The wife of human rights advocate Lee Ming-che has arrived in China to attend his

Lee Ching-yu, the wife of human rights advocate Lee Ming-che, departs from Taipei’s Songshan Airport on Sunday. (CNA photo)

court hearing on Monday morning.

Lee is being tried in Hunan province for “attempted subversion of state power”. He has been held incommunicado since he was detained in March. Lee’s wife, Lee Ching-yu, says her husband went to China with the intention of sharing Taiwan’s experience of democratization.

Lee Ching-yu received a landing visa upon arriving in Shanghai on Sunday afternoon, and is now on her way to Changsha. She is accompanied by a lawyer, officials from the semi-official Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), and two representatives of a civilian group advocating Lee’s release, among others.    [FULL  STORY]