A Christian man and woman were left with serious injuries after Chinese
officials pushed them off a wall during a protest at their
church.
The pair suffered spinal and neck injuries after falling several feet at
Banling Church in Zhejiang province.
Please ask God to heal our brother and sister as they recover in
hospital. Both were in a coma.
The two Christians were among a crowd of protesters who had assembled
when about 100 officials from Wenzhou city arrived to install surveillance
cameras. The authorities had ordered churches across the city to set up cameras
on their premises voluntarily – or have them installed by
force.
Banling congregation strongly objected to this proposal. As church
members tried to resist the camera installation, some scaling a church wall,
they clashed with officials.
One hospital refused to admit the injured man: he had to be taken for
treatment at a second hospital in Wenzhou. Doctors attending to the woman failed
to give her proper treatment until her family demanded that she be seen. Several
other Christians required hospital treatment and one woman, named as Zhang
Lingmei, was arrested.
Many churches within the Tengqiao area of Wenzhou city reportedly now
have cameras installed, though others have successfully resisted such
efforts. Release Int & China Aid.
