Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-12-25

Lee Ching-yu, whose husband Lee Ming-che was thrown into jail by China last month, says

Lee Ching-yu (CNA)

she has no idea of his whereabouts.

Mrs. Lee was speaking Monday at a press conference organized by a civic rescue team that includes lawmakers and human rights activists.

Lee Ming-che is a Taiwanese NGO worker and former employee of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). In late November, a court in China’s Hunan Province sentenced him to five years in prison. That’s after he pleaded guilty to the charge of “subverting state power” two months earlier. Lee was advocating human rights on Chinese social media platforms. Lee has given up his right to appeal the verdict.    [FULL  STORY]