China: College Students Arrested and Detained for Worshipping

April 8, 2010

INNER MONGOLIA- Persecution of grassroots house church Christians in Inner Mongolia has intensified since last June. Eight Chinese college students from Neimenggu, Wuhai were captured and put into administrative detention when officials from the bureau of public safety crashed a worship service on February 1. The students crime: being part of a Christian ministry. Three students, Liu Changfu, Shi Mengen and Han Wendian, are still being held captive due to their "crimes." The officers interrogated the students one by one and; after being held and overnight, several students were released and able to return to the school the following day. One student, Shi Yonghong, was held until early March due to weak health conditions. the rest