{"id":1248350,"date":"2023-10-05T17:51:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T17:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/china\/laos-chinese-activist-10052023135012.html"},"modified":"2023-10-05T17:51:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T17:51:09","slug":"laos-lied-about-repatriation-of-chinese-rights-lawyer-wife-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/10\/05\/laos-lied-about-repatriation-of-chinese-rights-lawyer-wife-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Laos lied about repatriation of Chinese rights lawyer, wife says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n
Authorities in Laos told American and United Nations diplomats that detained Chinese rights attorney Lu Siwei was still in the country, even after he was sent back to face detention in China, his wife told Radio Free Asia in a recent interview.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lu, who is now being held in the Xindu Detention Center in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, was <\/span>repatriated to China<\/span><\/a> in early September after being arrested in Laos en route to join his family in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n His detention in Laos and subsequent repatriation is another example of transnational \"long-arm\" law enforcement by Beijing, <\/span>rights activists<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>commentators<\/span><\/a> have warned.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Xindu Detention Center officials contacted his family on Oct. 4 informing them that he was being held there and requesting they send clothes, medication and money for him, but gave no details of his repatriation, nor of any criminal charges against him, his U.S.-based wife Zhang Chunxiao said.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lu suffers from a severe skin condition and has been without his regular medication for two months now, she said.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lu's lawyer confirmed on Sept. 14 that his client had left Laos for China several days earlier. Yet the authorities in Laos were still claiming that he was still in the country, Zhang said.<\/span><\/p>\n