3 U.S. Evangelists Deported, Group Says
From Times Wire Reports
China has deported three U.S. evangelists after detaining them in a roundup of underground Protestant worshipers in central China, a rights group reported. The report of the deportation of Henry Chu, Sandee Lin and Patricia Lan was accompanied by news that dozens of the Chinese worshipers detained along with them have been sent to jail. An additional 50 followers of secret Protestant fellowships were arrested in three provinces, according to the Hong Kong-based Information Center of Human Rights and Democratic Movement in China.
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