ChinaAid: "Two Nanle believers’ cases sent to public security bureau for further investigation, court considering venue change for pastor’s trial"

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Two Nanle believers’ cases sent to public security bureau for further investigation, court considering venue change for pastor’s trial

Distributed by ChinaAid, March, 2014 ...

URUMQUI, XINJIANG, CHINA – The lawyers for two Nanle County Christians were allowed to meet with their clients this week in China’s central Henan province.

Lawyers Chang Boyang and Xu Zhongzhou met with Zhang Cuijuan, one of the detained Pastor Zhang Shaojie’s sisters, and Fan Ruiling, respectively ...

Zhang Cuijuan

Chang told China Aid that his Zhang Cuijuan’s case was returned to the Nanle County Public Security Bureau by the Nanle County Procuratorate for further investigation. “So far, her case has not been submitted to the procuratorate [after reinvestigation],” Chang said.

“Our meeting lasted less than an hour. Her condition was OK and was relatively peaceful. Her emotional state was OK, too,” Chang said. “So far, we have not seen the documents [stating her charges]. They said we can get them tomorrow. We don’t know whether they have changed her charge or not” ...

Fan Ruiling

Additionally, Xu was allowed to meet with Fan, who is also being held at the Puyang Municipal Detention Center on the charge of “gathering a crowd to disrupt public order,” on Tuesday.

Xu told China Aid that Fan's case was also returned to the public security bureau for further investigation.

“They were fighting for their rights. We think this does not constitute a crime,” Xu said of the charge against his client.

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