Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-02-08

The wife of a Taiwanese NGO worker jailed in China gave a speech at a human rights

Lee Ching-yu (5th from left), the wife of Taiwanese NGO worker Lee Ming-che jailed in China, meets with EU members at a human rights symposium in Brussels. (CNA file photo)

symposium in Brussels on Wednesday night. The woman, Lee Ching-yu, spoke about her husband Lee Ming-che, who was sentenced last year to five years in prison for “subverting state power.” He had traveled to China to share Taiwan’s experience of democratic transformation.

At the symposium in Brussels, Lee Ching-yu thanked international NGO groups for their support. She also asked for help finding out about her husband’s health condition. That’s because previous reports from Beijing had left blank the space reserved for information about the prisoner’s health.

Lee Ching-yu says she has written more than 20 letters to Chinese authorities but has not received a reply. China has also barred her from entering the country to visit her husband.    [FULL  STORY]