9 Christians imprisoned, fined over $100K for distributing Bibles in China

By Anugrah Kumar - Posted at The Christian Post:

Nine Christians were imprisoned in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region located in the northern part of China, for distributing Bibles, with sentences ranging from one to nearly five years and fines as high as 1 million yuan ($137,000).

The Christians were convicted for illegally reselling legally published Bibles through an unregistered house church, Bitter Winter reported, adding that the Hohhot Huimin District Court sentenced the nine individuals on charges of illegal business operations, concluding a highly scrutinized legal battle.

The longest sentence was handed to Wang Honglan, who received four years and 10 months in prison and a fine of ¥1 million. Wang Jiale and Liu Minna each were sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment and fined ¥200,000 (roughly $27,500).

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