PU’ER — A court in China has upheld a sentence against an American pastor who is currently serving seven years behind bars on a charge of “organizing illegal border crossings,” which some believe is a clever way to prosecute the pastor for his faith.
The Pu’er Intermediate People’s Court in Yunnan Province reaffirmed the sentence against John Cao of North Carolina on Thursday after his appeal hearing was postponed seven times. According to the U.S.-based China persecution watch group ChinaAid , Cao has provided humanitarian aid to China and Myanmar for years and has helped to build 16 schools that care for an estimated 2,000 impoverished children in Myanmar. He and his co-laborer, Jing Ruxia, would at times cross from Myanmar into China — and would do so for several years without issue. But in March 2017, Cao was […]
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