Govt’s special envoy for freedom of religion asked about detained pastor in China
by Cara Bentley, Premier:
The detention of Pastor Wang Yi and his wife, as well as the closure of several churches in China, has been raised in parliament.
In a series of questions directed at the Foreign Office, Lord Alton of Liverpool, a peer and Christian, asked in the House of Lords on Friday: “what representations they have made to the government of the People’s Republic of China following (1) the destruction of crosses and shrines, (2) the closure of Christian churches, and (3) the arrest of pastors, including the detention of Pastor Wang Yi and his wife Jiang Rong of Early Rain Covenant Church, just before Christmas 2018.”
In December last year, Chinese police detained 100 members of the Protestant Early Rain Church in Sichuan province, including the Pastor Wang Yi. Later, all apart from twelve were released, with the preacher and his wife Jiang Rong still detained.
The congregants were charged with ‘inciting subversion’, a national security charge used frequently against religious leaders.
David Alton, a former Liberal Democrat MP, was answered on this issue by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Government’s special envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief.
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