From AP via International Herald Tribune:
The police arrested three Christian church leaders in a raid on a gathering at a private home in northeastern China, a U.S.-based monitoring group reported Wednesday.
About 30 police officers and officials from the local government’s Religious Affairs Bureau took part in the raid Dec. 29 on the home in Duolun, in Inner Mongolia, 250 kilometers, or 155 miles, north of Beijing, the China Aid Association reported.
The officials declared the service an “illegal gathering,” the association said, a reflection of China’s policy of permitting worship only in official churches whose clergy and activities are tightly controlled by the Communist government.[Full Text]
