Wife of detained Chinese rights lawyer appeals as bid to sue government-appointed representatives rejected
Wang Qiaoling, whose husband Li Heping was detained along with about 300 other human rights activists and lawyers in crackdown by Beijing, vows to continue fight
The wife of detained Chinese rights lawyer Li Heping has appealed against a Tianjin court’s decision on Monday to reject her application to sue the government-appointed lawyers representing her husband.
Wang Qiaoling said she had issued an appeal immediately after the ruling was made.
“The court accepted my appeal request to review the court’s decision rejecting my initial application to sue government appointed lawyers,” she told the South China Morning Post.
Wang, who wants to sue two Tianjin-based lawyers Wen Zhisheng and Guo Ming, appointed by the government to represent her husband, said: “What’s next could involve waiting around and other procedural matters, but we might still end up with nothing. We just have to wait and see.”