Christian entrepreneur Lai Jinqiang was put on trial in Guangdong Province on December 7 for making audio Bible players after being detained for more than one and half years.
On September 22, 2019, Lai and the employees of the “Gospel through the Company” were arrested in Shenzhen for producing electronic Bible players that are popular among elderly rural Christians with weak vision, according to IPK Media, a news and thought website for overseas Chinese.
As a member of the “China Gospel Fellowship” which is considered one of the five major house churches in China, Jin and some Christian businesspersons co-founded the company dedicated to manufacturing electronic Bible prayers.
On December 9, 2020, four people from Shenzhen’s “Tree of Life Technology Development Co., Ltd.” were tried for the second instance, charged with “illegal business operations.” Local courts suggested that the company’s legal representative, Fu Xuanjuan be sentenced to five years and the other three to one and half a years to three years, all with fines.
The results of the cases which were said to be held in private remain unknown.
深圳法院近日开庭审理两起涉及民间圣经传播的案子，再次引发人们对中国圣经出版发行以及宗教自由问题的关注。国际媒体12月11日的消息援引分析人士指出，中共当局禁止私自经营以及垄断圣经印刷的做法是为了清除对其政权构成威胁的潜在因素。
新闻网站光传媒日前报道说，深圳宝安人民法院12月7日开庭审理赖晋强一案。赖晋强是一位基督徒，家庭教会福音派信仰团体“中华福音团契”的成员，2007年与一些基督徒企业家在深圳合办“福音通公司”，生产电子圣经播放器。2019年突然被警察抓走，16个月后被控“非法经营”罪。
另据设在美国的基督教权益组织对华援助协会介绍，深圳市“生命树科技发展有限公司”的法人代表傅炫娟等四人，被控“非法经营”案的二审，12月9日也将在宝安人民法院举行，案件与销售圣经播放器有关。检察机关建议判处傅炫娟有期徒刑五年，其余人刑期一年六个月至三年不等，外加罚款。
不过，截至12月9日，深圳宝安区人民法院网站尚未出现上述案件的指控、审理、判决消息。对华援助协会说，当局威胁被告家人和律师，不得透露案情，两案不公开审理的可能性因此很大。
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传播圣经构成“非法经营”罪 中共当局垄断圣经出版发行
Christian entrepreneur Lai Jinqiang was put on trial in Guangdong Province on December 7 for making audio Bible players after being detained for more than one and half years.
On September 22, 2019, Lai and the employees of the “Gospel through the Company” were arrested in Shenzhen for producing electronic Bible players that are popular among elderly rural Christians with weak vision, according to IPK Media, a news and thought website for overseas Chinese.
As a member of the “China Gospel Fellowship” which is considered one of the five major house churches in China, Jin and some Christian businesspersons co-founded the company dedicated to manufacturing electronic Bible prayers.
On December 9, 2020, four people from Shenzhen’s “Tree of Life Technology Development Co., Ltd.” were tried for the second instance, charged with “illegal business operations.” Local courts suggested that the company’s legal representative, Fu Xuanjuan be sentenced to five years and the other three to one and half a years to three years, all with fines.
The results of the cases which were said to be held in private remain unknown.
Christian Entrepreneur Put on Trial for Making Audio Bible Players
