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Human rights advocate Lee Ming-che could be kept in China two years beyond his release date in conditions that human rights groups called inhumane.

Human rights groups have expressed concern over Taiwanese national Lee Ming-che, who is currently in prison in China.

Human rights groups yesterday expressed concern that Beijing could conceive a way to extend Lee Ming-che’s (李明哲) prison term after the Taiwanese human rights advocate completes his sentence in China next month. Lee was detained in March 2017 while traveling in China and convicted of subverting state power six months later by a court in Hunan Province, for which he was to serve a five-year sentence of imprisonment. A coalition of human rights groups said that Lee’s release was not guaranteed as his wife, Lee Ching-yu (李淨瑜), never received a copy of the verdict nor the date of he...

RELEASE COMPROMISED: Human rights advocate Lee Ming-che could be kept in China two years beyond his release date in conditions that groups called inhumaneBy Chung Li-hua and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer