Three Chinese Christians have been
sentenced to two years in jail over their involvement in a church-run nursery
school. A printer who produced ‘illegal’ textbooks for Hualin Kindergarten was
sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Our partner China Aid reports that the four were convicted on Friday of
‘illegal business operations’ at Hualin Kindergarten in southern Guangxi region.
The nursery was run by Liangren Church in Guangzhou, whose congregation has
suffered intense persecution.
The church reported last year that almost all of its core staff had been
detained, after church members were involved in an outreach to a neighbouring
region (Prayer Alert, July 4).
Several kindergartens and businesses linked to the church were raided or shut
down.
The Christians convicted on Friday were kindergarten director Cheng Jie,
church elder Huang Quirui and church member Li Jiato, a mother of two young
children. They were also fined 5,000 yuan (£530). The printer, Fang Bin, was
fined 4,000 yuan. Release
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