Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-03-29
The wife of Lee Ming-che, a Taiwanese NGO worker jailed in China, returned from her first
Lee Ching-yu, wife of jailed Taiwanese NGO worker Lee Ming-che in China
visit to her husband in a Chinese prison. Lee Ming-che was sentenced last year to five years in jail in China for “subverting state power”. He had traveled to China to share Taiwan’s experience of democratic transformation.
(00’29”) The jailed activist’s wife – Lee Ching-yu – was speaking at the airport upon arrival in Taiwan. She said she could only see her husband through a glass wall and could not talk to him face to face. They could only talk through a phone. She said her husband looked fine but it is obvious he is deprived of his right to communicate with the outside world.
Lee Ching-yu said her husband explained he does not have time to write letters to her because he is sent to work at a hat-making factory every day from 7am to 5pm. However she said that he still likes to read. She will continue to send him books because she believes that only through reading can he keep a clear conscience. She has so far sent 11 books but only two have actually been handed over to her husband.
Lee Ching-yu said that she requested to visit her husband again on April 27. But she was not given an answer right away. Mrs. Lee said as long as her husband is in prison, she will continue to work for his release. [SOURCE]
