An Underground Church and 16 Murders – Deng Fei

From the Phoenix Weekly, translated by the EastSouthWestNorth blog (link):

On February 28, 2006, at the Middle People’s Court of Shenyashan city, Heilongjiang province, seven armed police officers in camouflage uniforms were spread out in star-shaped formation at the courthouse entrance with sub-machine guns in their hands pointed skywards. A large group of police officers set up barricades along the 300 meter long street. Ordinary vehicular traffic was not allowed to go through.

An underground church know as the Three Grades of Servants was going to hear the verdicts in a trial for murders. The principal character Xu Wenkou and his disciples were accused of committing sixteen crimes and killing as many as twenty people belonging to another underground church known as the Eastern Lightning sect. Xu and his disciples were also accused of obtaining more than 20 million RMB by fraudulent means. If found guilty, these criminal suspects may receive a maximum of the death sentence.

According to the information about these underground churches, the Three Grades of Servants was developed by Xu Wenkou. They claimed to be Christians and they firmly adhere to the truth of the complete Bible. In 1999 and 2000, the Three Grades of Servants was pronounced twice as an evil cult by the Ministry of Public Security.

See also other articles about religion in China by the EastSouthWestNorth blog

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