Over 400 College Students in Beijing Detained

By Ethan Cole
Christian Post Reporter
Fri, Dec. 05 2008

More than 400 Christian college students were arrested and interrogated in a span of about a month in Beijing, a China-focused human rights group reported this week.

Texas-based China Aid Association confirmed that from the end of September to early November 2008, a large police force was dispatched to raid house gatherings in Beijing and in areas near college campuses in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

The hundreds of students as well as house church leaders who led the gatherings were detained for interrogation.

In total, four house church leaders were sentenced to re-education through labor for one to one-and-a-half years. The Christian leaders were accused of “preaching to students” and “engaging in cult activities,” according to CAA. the rest