Taiwan activist says did forced labour in China but not tortured

Taiwanese activist Li Ming-che speaks to the media for the first time after being released from jail in China after serving five years on a sedition charge in Taipei, Taiwan, May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang

A Taiwanese activist jailed in China said on Tuesday that he was subjected to forced labour and endured stale food while serving a five-year sentence, but that he was not tortured.

Li Ming-che, a community college lecturer and activist at a human rights non-governmental organisation in Taiwan, disappeared while visiting China in 2017.