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HENAN- Yucheng County Public Security Bureau are
arresting local “house church” Christians without legal documentation,
releasing them only after a fine is paid. The illegal police activity
with demands to pay fines raise questions regarding not just religious
persecution, but also corruption and greed inside the Yucheng County
Security Bureau.
The scandal began on March 9 when the Yucheng County Public Security Bureau took local Christians to the police station. The following day, March 10, family members of the Christians went to the station to sort out the trouble.
“These people belong to a cult,” one of the police officers said to the family members when they arrived at the station. Fines were then demanded for the release of the illegally arrested men and women.
One of the arrested Christian women was able to leave after her family paid the fine of several thousand yuan. However, not everyone was able to gather the yaun needed to pay the fine. Gao Jianli, Hua Yulan, Liu Yunshan and his wife Zheng Yumei were sent to a detention center as a consequence.
Circumstances for the detained believes went from bad to worse. The families of the captured Christians did to receive notices of their detentions. When the family members went to the station to gather information on their loved ones whereabouts, the police officer in charge of the case wouldn’t give them any kind of legal documents or inform them of procedure. More at China Aid.
The scandal began on March 9 when the Yucheng County Public Security Bureau took local Christians to the police station. The following day, March 10, family members of the Christians went to the station to sort out the trouble.
“These people belong to a cult,” one of the police officers said to the family members when they arrived at the station. Fines were then demanded for the release of the illegally arrested men and women.
One of the arrested Christian women was able to leave after her family paid the fine of several thousand yuan. However, not everyone was able to gather the yaun needed to pay the fine. Gao Jianli, Hua Yulan, Liu Yunshan and his wife Zheng Yumei were sent to a detention center as a consequence.
Circumstances for the detained believes went from bad to worse. The families of the captured Christians did to receive notices of their detentions. When the family members went to the station to gather information on their loved ones whereabouts, the police officer in charge of the case wouldn’t give them any kind of legal documents or inform them of procedure. More at China Aid.