Wife of Detained Activist From Taiwan Is Barred From China
" Ms. Lee said at the airport while holding the photocopied letter, "If this isn’t a threat, what is?" Also on Friday, An Fengshan, a spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said
that the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, based in Beijing, had delivered a letter written by Mr. Lee to his parents and Ms. Lee through "relevant groups," according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency. that I ask you this,
Ms. Lee said the fixer told her that if she ceased her public campaign to highlight Mr. Lee’s plight, he would then be released,
but if she persisted, a Guangdong television station would broadcast a confession made by Mr. Lee.
Eeling Chiu, secretary of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, described the cancellation of Ms. Lee’s mainland travel permit as "regrettable"
and inconsistent with China’s claim to be a country governed by the rule of law.
The wife, Lee Ching-yu, said at a news conference at Taoyuan International Airport, in northern Taiwan,
that her mainland travel permit had been canceled by China, making her ineligible to board her Monday afternoon flight to seek answers about the whereabouts and status of her husband, Lee Ming-cheh.
Ms. Lee said she had not received an explanation for the cancellation of her permit, which is required for people from Taiwan
to enter the mainland, as Beijing does not recognize passports from the Republic of China, the island’s official name.
By CHRIS HORTONAPRIL 10, 2017
TAOYUAN, Taiwan — China’s Ministry of Public Security has barred the wife of a detained Taiwan-born rights activist from flying
to Beijing on Monday, adding to the drama surrounding the man’s disappearance after he entered China more than three weeks ago.