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On 12 July 2004, over a hundred leaders were reportedly arrested at a
retreat in Xinjiang Autonomous Region. At the time of the communication,
five of those arrested, namely Mr. Zhao Xinlan, 50, Ms. Li Cuiling, 44, Mr.
Wang Chaoyi, 39, Mr. Yang Tian Lu, 39, and Ms. Gao Rui'er, 28, were still
being detained in A Ke Su prefecture near the provincial capital of Urumqi.
The retreat in Xinjiang was organised by the Anhui-based house church
network, Ying Shang Church. One of the leaders of the group, businessman
Luo Bing Yin, had been transferred from the local detention centre to Funan
Prison in Anhui Province. It was reported that no court hearing had taken
place and that charges against him were not known.
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Response from the Government dated 16 June 2005
Zeng Guangbo
On 6 August 2004, , without obtaining the relevant permit, Zeng and some 70
other persons held an unlawful gathering in Muxianzhang village, Lizhuang
township, Tongxu county, Henan province, which seriously disrupted public
order in that area. That same day, the Henan province public security
authorities, acting in accordance with the Rules on Administrative Penalties
of the People’s Republic of China imposed administrative penalties and
delivered an educational reprimand against the persons involved. None of
these persons was taken into custody, however.
Cai Zhuohua and others
Since 2003, Cai, together with his associates Xiao Yunfei and the three other
persons, without obtaining industrial, commercial or tax registration, have
unlawfully printed and sold some 1 million publications, swiftly amassing
immense profits totaling some 500,000 yuan and, in view of the large
quantity of publications, have breached article 225 of the Chinese Criminal
Code, on unlawful business operations. On 27 September 2004, the Beijing
city public security authorities, acting in accordance with the Chinese
Criminal Code and the Chinese Code of Criminal Procedure, took Cai and
the four other persons into criminal custody; on 20 October 2004, following
approval by the procurator’s office, they were arrested. Procedural
investigations are currently being conducted.
Liu Fenggang, Xu Yonghai, Zhang Shengqi and others
In early October 2001, Liu and Xu conspired together and, with funds
provided by Xu, Liu moved to Anshan city in Liaoning province for the
purpose of gathe ring State intelligence. After this, Liu set out the intelligence
which he had gathered in documentary form and with Xu’s assistance,
transmitted it abroad. On 25 July 2003, Liu received instructions from
persons outside the country that he was to proceed to Dongtou county in
Wenzhou city, Zhejiang province, and to Xiaoshan district, Xihu district and
other districts of Hangzhou city to gather State intelligence. After this, Liu
set out the intelligence which he had gathered in documentary form and on 5
August of that same year instructed Zhang to transmit the materials by email