China escalates Bible crackdown
Bookstore owner re-arrested after being cleared of original counts
 Shi Weihan and his family (China Aid Association photo) |
The Chinese owner of a bookstore near the 2008 Olympics complex in Beijing has been re-arrested and detained, only about a dozen weeks after he was cleared of allegations of illegally publishing Bibles and Christian literature due to "insufficient evidence," according to a new report from Compass Direct.
As WND reported earlier, Shi Weihan was released in January after being taken into custody shortly after Thanksgiving 2007 during police raids on his home and office.
China Aid Association then reported the fact he was released, along with several others, although the government offered no explanationfor his case.
