House Church Leaders Arrested in Liaoning and Anhui Province

MIDLAND, Texas, Mar. 31 /Christian Newswire/ -- China Aid Association learns that on March 14, 2007 the local police in Qingyuan county, Fushun city, Liaoning province arrested a house church leader. 54-year-old Christian Ms. Gu Changrong was arrested while she was sharing her faith to Mr. Yu Mingfu who is the secretary of the Communist Party of her village. Mr. Yu called the police accusing Ms. Gu "poising Communist Party members" with Christian message. Three PSB members took away Ms. Gu. According to Ms. Gu's relatives, Ms. Gu was sentenced to 1 year re-education through labor for "using evil cult organizations to obstruct the exercising of state laws." None of her relatives has received any formal notice of her sentence since her arrest. She is serving her sentence at Ma San Jia Labor Camp which is internationally known for its harsh treatment and torture against thousands of imprisoned Falun Gong practioners there. Ms. Gu with her husband Mr. Jiang Senshan work in Beijing. They were visiting their hometown when the arrest happened.

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