TAIPEI (Reuters) – The wife of Taiwan activist Li Ming-che, sentenced to five years in prison by Chinese authorities for subverting state power, was stopped from flying from Taiwan to China on Tuesday to visit him in prison, rights groups said..
TAIPEI (Reuters) – The wife of Taiwan activist Li Ming-che, sentenced to five years in prison by Chinese authorities for subverting state power, was stopped from flying from Taiwan to China on Tuesday to visit him in prison, rights groups said.
Li Ming-che, a community college lecturer and an activist at a human rights non-governmental organisation in Taiwan, had gone missing while on a trip to China in March. Chinese authorities later charged him with subverting state power.
His wife, Li Ching-yu, refused to recognise the court’s authority during the first hearing.
She bought a plane ticket on Xiamen Airlines on Tuesday, with plans to see her husband in prison, according to a statement by several human rights group who are assisting her.
However, because she had travel documents that were deemed invalid to enter China, she was not permitted to board the plane in Taipei, the statement said.
Taiwanese need special travel documents issued by China, akin to a passport, to travel to China.
