Public Security Officials Detain Two House Church Protestants in Henan

October 27, 2005

Public security officers detained two house church evangelists in Henan province on September 26 and October 2, reports the China Aid Association (CAA), a U.S.-based NGO that monitors the religious freedom of Chinese Protestants. The report says that public security officers took Ma Yinzhou, a house church pastor, into custody on September 26 and demanded that he reveal the whereabouts of Ma Shulei, his son, who is a house church evangelist. Ma Shulei turned himself in to authorities on October 2. According to CAA, public security officers in Beijing detained Ma Yinzhou and Ma Shulei in 2002 during a raid on a meeting of house church leaders.

Public security officers detained two house church evangelists in Henan province on September 26 and October 2, reports the China Aid Association (CAA), a U.S.-based NGO that monitors the religious freedom of Chinese Protestants. The report says that public security officers took Ma Yinzhou, a house church pastor, into custody on September 26 and demanded that he reveal the whereabouts of Ma Shulei, his son, who is a house church evangelist. Ma Shulei turned himself in to authorities on October 2. According to CAA, public security officers in Beijing detained Ma Yinzhou and Ma Shulei in 2002 during a raid on a meeting of house church leaders.