Lee Ching-yu (third from right)
The wife of detained Taiwanese human rights and pro-democracy advocate Lee Ming-che is scheduled to depart for Beijing today to meet him in China, the Taiwan Association for Human Rights said yesterday.
Lee, a former Democratic Progressive Party worker and a staff member at Wenshan Community College in Taipei, has been detained by China for 22 days after entering the country via Macau on March 19. Chinese authorities have not issued any official response to the matter, CNA news agency reported.
Lee’s wife, Lee Ching-yu is hoping to meet representatives from China’s Taiwan Affairs Office and the semi-official Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) to hear an explanation for Lee’s detention. She will be accompanied by staff from ARATS Taiwan counterpart – the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), according to the association.
Most importantly, Lee Ching-yu wants to personally meet her husband and ensure that he is safe, the association said.
According to the agency, Taiwanese non-government organizations will convene a press conference at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport upon Lee Ching-yu’s departure to express support for her mission.
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