A Chinese lawyer says his family has been threatened and intimidated by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials because he provides legal representation to persecuted Falun Gong adherents in China. Lawyer Lu Tingge made known the intimidation tactics via Twitter on May 6, after he visited his parents, both in their 70s, during the May (Labour Day) holidays. According to Lu, the officials refused to identify themselves or where they work—only revealing they were “upper level” officials—when they visited the lawyer’s elderly parents to tell them their family would be in trouble if Lu continued to defend Falun Gong adherents in court. The men were “led into the house” by Village Party Secretary Wang Xishuang, Lu said. Two days later, at noon on April 26, Wang sent another official once again to their home, telling Lu’s parents that his efforts to defend Falun Gong adherents amounted to going against the Chinese regime and …