Two dead, two imprisoned as authorities persecute house church members

Wang Chunyan mourns her mother who
died as a result of persecution.
(Photo: China Aid)

China Aid

Translated by Carolyn
Song. Written in English by Brynne Lawrence.
(Beijing—April 10, 2016) A Christian woman disclosed the
abuses she and her family members suffered in 2014 for their participation in a
serially targeted house church in Beijing.
Authorities sentenced Wang Chunyan to a month in criminal detention
for “illegally gathering.” During her incarceration, her brother, who suffered
from a mental illness, died from a lack of care, leaving behind a young
daughter.

On Oct. 21, 2014, Wang applied to the Tongzhou Sub-bureau of
the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau for approximately 1,403,000 Yuan
(U.S. $217,000.00) in compensation for her detention. The Compensation
Committee of the Beijing Municipal Second Intermediate People’s Court denied
her request on Dec. 1, 2014, stating, “Wang Chunyan herself admitted to
participating in a house church” and that “because Wang Chunyan was suspected
of committing a crime, she was therefore criminally detained according to the
law.”

Similarly, officials injured and sentenced her sister to one
year in prison for involvement in Holy Love Fellowship. According to Wang, her
mother also died as a result of government persecution.

China Aid exposes abuses, such as those experienced by the
Wang family, in order to promote religious freedom and rule of law in China.


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