The U.S. State Department is demanding answers from China on the well-being of a Chinese human rights lawyer who has been deported back to China from Laos. “The United States condemns the forced repatriation of People’s Republic of China (PRC) national and human rights lawyer Lu Siwei to the PRC from Laos, at the request of PRC authorities,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement on Oct. 11. Mr. Lu, 50, fled China in late July, crossing into Vietnam before arriving in Laos. On July 28, he was arrested in Laos en route to Thailand to board a flight to the United States to reunite with his wife and daughter. He was accused of entering Laos on a fake visa, an assertion dismissed by Bob Fu, founder of Texas-based rights group China Aid. Mr. Fu had sent pictures of Mr. Lu’s passport to The Associated Press to back up his claims....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/state-department-expresses-concerns-over-rights-lawyer-forcibly-repatriated-to-china-from-laos-5508902