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US OBSERVER BANNED
VOM USA and the US based-China Aid Association (CAA), another Christian rights group, told BosNewsLife that a US Embassy staffer who tried to observe the trial was removed from the premises of the People’s Court of Haidian District in Beijing City. "When he arrived at that room, the embassy staffer was told that the hearing had been moved to hearing room 6, [and] then forced to leave the premises," VOM USA added.
Several family members, including the pastor’s mother, were also banned from attending the procedures, said the human rights groups, who have Chinese representatives in Beijing and close contacts with house church Christians.
As the hearing began, Pastor Cai apparently revoked his written testimony, which was composed from the interrogation records of the police. "He said he was not aware what the interrogator had written down on the interrogation record, and that he was forced to sign the record of the interview under torture. He denied he had anything to do with the record," the CAA said.
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