Saturday, October 18, 2008

China Aid: Pastor's son severely beaten

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29149

[Baptist Press News] 18 Oct 2008--The severe beating of a prominent Chinese pastor's son Oct. 16 has been reported by China Aid Association, a human rights organization based in Washington.

Zhang Jian, the elder son of "Pastor Bike" Zhang Mingxuan, chairman of the Federation House Church movement, was beaten by officers of China's Public Security Bureau.

As reported by the China Aid Association, 15 PSB officers entered a residence where Zhang Jian was with his mother, Xie Fenglan, around noon on Oct. 16. The officers secured the entrances to the residence "before severely beating Zhang Jian with iron bars for 25 minutes."

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