Chinese Court Indicts Bible Importer
AP reports that a Chinese court has indicted a Hong Kong businessman, Li Guangqiang, who allegedly brought thousands of Bibles to an underground Christian group in China. The group, the Shouters Sect, was banned by the Chinese government in 1995 as an "aberrant religious organization" and was labeled a cult. Li was accused of taking 33,080 Bibles to the Shouters Sect in two trips in April and May 2001. Two members of the Christian group, Yu Zhudi and Lin Xifu, who made the request for the Bibles, were also indicted. Chinese Christian churches outside the state-controlled non-denominational church are seen as challenging the Communist Party's political monopoly and often face prosecution. Amnesty International estimates that at least 16 Christian organizations have been banned in China. Submitted for your persecution files.