China Charges Activist From Taiwan With ‘Subverting State Power’
In the announcement of Mr. Lee’s arrest, An Fengshan, a spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said Mr. Lee visited China frequently over the past five years
and "colluded with relevant individuals in the mainland, laying down an operational program, establishing an illegal organization and planning and implementing activities to subvert state power." Mr. An offered no evidence to support these claims.
Chinese state news outlets have marshaled mainland Chinese academics to reject the criticisms from Taiwan, endorse the government’s handling of Mr. Lee and argue
that other people visiting the mainland from Taiwan need not fear arrest — so long as they obey the laws.
By CHRIS HORTON and CHRIS BUCKLEYMAY 29, 2017
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Lee Ming-cheh, a human rights advocate from Taiwan who was detained in China in March, has been formally arrested on a
charge of "subverting state power," the Chinese government has announced, amid a continuing crackdown on civil society organizations.
Chinese said that The evidence of Lee Ming-cheh’s suspected crimes is abundant,
Taiwanese had that certain to pro
Eeling Chiu, secretary general of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, said
that China’s treatment of Mr. Lee was likely to lead nonprofit workers from Taiwan — many of whom were engaged in less politically sensitive areas such as environmental protection — to question whether it was safe for them to operate in the mainland.
