E/CN.4/1993/62 page 23 Six members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith were reportedly arrested in Shanghai in November 1991. The provincial authorities in Canton are reported to have informed Christians and members of other religious communities that they would not be authorized to celebrate Christmas outside places of worship. In addition, the media were invited to refuse all announcements having to do with Christmas celebrations. On 16 August 1992, Father Liao Haiqing was arrested in Fuzhou, Jiangsi province, as he was celebrating mass before 200 worshippers by officials of the Public Security Bureau who were reportedly accompanied by members of the Patriotic Catholic Association of China. Officials of the Public Security Bureau reportedly arrested 120 persons, 3 of whom were foreigners, participating in a meeting held at a house church in Guo Fa village, Wuyan district, Henan province, on 8 September 1992. The Special Rapporteur was also informed that three Roman Catholic bishops from Hebei province in northern China have died in police custody: Bishop Joseph Fan Xueyan (86) of Baoding reportedly died in police custody on 13 April 1992. According to the sources, Bishop Fan was kept in a re-education camp in the Shijiazhuang area of Hebei province until November 1991. It has been alleged that his body was returned by security officers to his family in a plastic bag and bore bruises on the cheek and forehead. It has also been alleged that Bishop Fan’s legs ’looked like they had been broken’. The cause of his death has not been revealed. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Shi Chunjie (71) of Baoding died of a heart attack in November 1991, reportedly from being beaten while in police custody. The police are alleged to have returned Bishop Shi’s bruised body ’clothed in a sweater and two pairs of torn pants’ to his family. The cause of his death has not been revealed. It has also been alleged that the authorities demanded that Bishop Shi be buried only two days after his death in order to prevent a large number of people from attending the funeral. Bishop Paul Li Zhenrong (72) of Xianxian died at the end of April 1992. He was reportedly arrested by the police on 11 December 1991 shortly after having undergone a stomach cancer operation in a hospital in Tianjin from which he is alleged to have been forcibly removed. Church officials reported only recently that he had died of cancer, without disclosing his place of burial. The Special Rapporteur was also informed that members of the New Testament Church in China have been beaten, their Bibles and other religious literature have been confiscated and that they have been arrested and imprisoned in labour camps."