Six Christians from a church in Kaili City, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou, approved for arrest

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On May 11, 2026, this website learned that six Christians from a church in Kaili City, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, have been approved for arrest on charges of fraud and organizing minors to engage in activities that disrupt public security administration. The six Christians are Wei Yongqiang, He Jinbao, Quan Xiaolong, Long Jian, Cheng Yongbing, and Zhou Guixia.

The alleged reason for the charge of organizing minors to engage in activities that disrupt public security administration is everyday activities such as preaching the Gospel to children and Sunday school.

Previously, Kaili City harshly sentenced a preacher surnamed Zhang from the Seventh-day Adventist Church to 12 years in prison on fraud charges, setting a precedent. Since then, many preachers across the country have been sentenced under this charge. This is also reportedly the first case nationwide in which people have been approved for arrest on the charge of organizing minors to engage in activities that disrupt public security administration.

The families have already retained lawyers to intervene, but the procuratorate directly decided to approve the arrest of all six without hearing any legal opinions from the lawyers.

The prerequisite for the charge of organizing minors to engage in activities that disrupt public security administration is that the minors have engaged in acts such as fighting and theft that endanger social security and public order. Children participating in religious activities together with their parents is an expression of a basic human right and clearly does not fall into this category.

The recently amended <Public Security Administration Punishments Law>, without publicly soliciting public opinion, places illegal religious activities alongside participation in cults in Article 31. Preachers in several places have already been administratively detained. In the process of applying the law, departments in some regions have further expanded the scope of the crackdown, intensifying conflicts.