Additional Name(s): 李军才

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 5 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: February/20/2019

Date of Sentencing: January//2021

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Resisting State Interference into Religious Affairs

Nature of Charges: Embezzlement & Fraud

Li Juncai

Extra Bio Info:

Li Juncai is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 20, 2019, authorities in Xinxiang county, Henan province, detained Li, pastor of the house-church Zhongxin Church, alongside three others reportedly for refusing to remove the church's cross and replace a religious sign in the church with a state-approved one.  Li was initially charged with “obstructing official business."

In or around January 2021, a court sentenced Li to five years and six months in prison and fined him 50,000 yuan for “misappropriation of funds,” “embezzlement,” “intentionally destroying accounting books,” and "obstructing official business."

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