Peng Yonghe, a human rights lawyer who has been restricted from practising regularly for three years by the Shanghai Justice Bureau for alleged “political problems”, was recently summoned by police for an open letter to the Shanghai government. Peng said in a recent post that he was taken to the police station by the National Security police on August 28 to ask how he could contact Apple Daily, and why he gave the open letter to the Shanghai municipal government to Apple Daily.
His comments came after Mr Peng issued an open letter to Li Qiang, The city’s communist party secretary, and Gong Zheng, the city’s mayor, demanding that he be stopped from practising in The city because of what he called “political issues”.
The BBC has covered Peng Yonghe’s story many times. He has been barred from practicing since 2017 by the Shanghai Bar Association for representing so-called “sensitive” cases. Still, Peng has lent legal support to activists.
At the same time being suppressed, Peng Yonghe adopts the way of “stabbing” to safeguard their own rights and interests. In 2018, Peng yonghe jumped into the Huangpu River to protest against restrictions imposed on him by the Shanghai Justice Bureau. That same year, he and four other lawyers wrote an open letter to China’s attorney general, complaining about the crackdown on human rights lawyers.
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