China to prosecute missing lawyer’s case

Li Heping (right) poses with
U.S. Congressman Chris Smith.
(Photo: China Aid)
China Aid
(Tianjin,
China—Dec. 13, 2016) The case of a missing human rights lawyer has been moved
out of the investigation stage and transferred to a court in China’s northern
Tianjin Municipality for prosecution, his wife learned on Dec. 6.
On July
10, 2015, Li Heping, a Christian defense attorney who used his career to
protect those targeted by the Communist Party, vanished into police custody
when officials herded him from his home as part of a nationwide round-up of
human rights lawyers. Li Chunfu, his brother, who also practiced law, went
missing on Aug. 1, 2015. Neither man has been seen or heard from since.
Wang
Qiaoling, Li Heping’s wife, received the news on Dec. 6 that her husband’s case
had been handed over to the court, concluding its investigation process and
moving it into the prosecution phase. Yesterday, she went to the Tianjin
People’s Procuratorate No. 2 Branch, where officials confirmed that Li had been
charged with “subversion of state power.” His brother’s charge is still
unknown.

China Aid
reports abuses, such as those experienced by Li Heping and Li Chunfu, in order
to stand in solidarity with persecuted Christians and promote human rights,
religious freedom and rule of law in China.


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