Police in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen raided a Protestant church gathering at the weekend and detained at least nine people.
A report from Radio Free Asia said hundreds of state security police and officials from Xiamen’s religious affairs bureau raided a meeting of the unofficial Xingguang Church on Sunday, May 3.
“The state security police came banging at the door, then they kicked it down and dragged those in the way outside the doorway,” the RFA quoted Pastor Yang Xibo.
Yang said the meeting was held in a private residence and the police came in without a warrant.
Radio Veritas Asia (RVA), a media platform of the Catholic Church, aims to share Christ. RVA started in 1969 as a continental Catholic radio station to serve Asian countries in their respective local language, thus earning the tag “the Voice of Asian Christianity.” Responding to the emerging context, RVA embraced media platforms to connect with the global Asian audience via its 21 language websites and various social media platforms.
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