taipei wife mother detain taiwanese right activist lee ming-che due arrive china sunday attend subversion trial monday taiwan mainland affairs council say statement call lee safe return home lee community college teacher pro-democracy human right activist go miss march visit china authorities late confirm detain strain already-tense tie mainland self-ruling island authorities intermediate people court yueyang city central province hunan say monday trial suspicion subversion state power would open hear chinese court video-streamed live-blogged increase number proceed recent years part push towards judicial transparency however right activists say sensitive case hold open hear tool authorities demonstrate state power usually defendant agree outcome saturday lee wife lee ching-yu ask news conference supporters forgive husband say something court disappoint might require give testimony free sunday decline comment large media contingent check flight taipei songshan airport fly changsha hunan province via shanghai taiwan mainland affairs council say would everything power facilitate lee safe return government approach case predicate preserve country dignity ensure lee ming-che safety say lee case strain relations taipei beijing particularly tense since president tsai ing-wen leader taiwan independence-leaning democratic progressive party take office last year beijing regard island breakaway province never renounce use force bring back mainland control wife detain taiwan activist attend trial china