US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday met with democracy advocates Wuer Kaixi, Lee Ming-che (李明哲) and Lam Wing-kei (林榮基) at the Jingmei White Terror Memorial Park in New Taipei City’s Sindian District (新店).
Pelosi entered the museum at 2:40pm yesterday while officers from the New Taipei City Police Department’s Special Police Corps remained outside to guard the site.
Lee, who works for a Taiwanese non-governmental organization and was released from prison in China on April 15 after a five-year term, arrived five minutes later.
Tibetan government-in-exile representative to Taiwan Kelsang Gyaltsen Bawa and Lam, a Hong Kong-born bookseller who migrated
By Chen Yu-fu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerUS House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday met with democracy advocates Wuer Kaixi, Lee Ming-che （李明哲） and Lam Wing-kei （林榮基） at the Jingmei White Terror Memorial Park in New Taipei City’s Sindian District （新店）.
Pelosi arrived at a military base in South Korea on Wednesday evening ahead of meetings with political leaders in Seoul, after which she will visit Japan. Both countries are U.S. alliance partners, together hosting about 80,000 American personnel as a bulwark against North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and China’s increased assertiveness in the South China and East China seas.
Taipei, July 12 (CNA) Taiwan and France signed a joint declaration outlining the willingness of the two countries to work together to promote human rights globally Tuesday.