CCP Threatens Elderly Parents of Lawyer Who Defends Rights of People of Faith
CCP Threatens Elderly Parents of Lawyer Who Defends Rights of People of Faith A Chinese lawyer says his family has been threatened and intimidated by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials because he provides legal representation to persecuted Falun Gong adherents in China. Lawyer Lu Tingge made known the intimidation tactics via Twitter on May 6, after he visited his parents, both in their 70s, during the May (Labour Day) holidays. According to Lu, the officials refused to identify themselves or where they work—only revealing they were “upper level” officials—when they visited the...