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The Latest: Taiwan activist pleads guilty in China

In this photo released by Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Lee Ching-yu, wife of detained Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-Che, shows a pass allowing her to enter a courtroom upon arrival at the Yueyang Intermediate People's Court in south China's Hunan province, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Lee Ming-Che is standing trial accused of subversion of state power, the first prosecution of a non-profit worker on criminal charges since Beijing passed a law tightening controls over foreign non-governmental organizations. (Taiwan Association for Human Rights via AP)
In this photo released by Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Lee Ching-yu, wife of detained Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-Che, shows a pass allowing her to enter a courtroom upon arrival at the Yueyang Intermediate People's Court in south China's Hunan province, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Lee Ming-Che is standing trial accused of subversion of state power, the first prosecution of a non-profit worker on criminal charges since Beijing passed a law tightening controls over foreign non-governmental organizations. (Taiwan Association for Human Rights via AP)

By Associated Press 1 min read

YUEYANG, China (AP) – The Latest on the trial of Taiwanese activist accused in China of subversion (all times local):

12:30

A Taiwanese activist has pleaded guilty to subverting state power in China’s first prosecution of a nonprofit worker on criminal charges since Beijing passed a law tightening controls over foreign non-governmental organizations.

Lee Ming-che told the court in the city of Yueyang, “I spread articles that maliciously attacked the Communist Party of China, China’s existing system and China’s government.”

His wife had said previously he might be pressured into pleading guilty. China’s wide-ranging crackdown on civil society has featured a string of televised “confessions” – believed to have been coerced – from human rights activists accused of plots to overthrow the political system.