A Chinese court has sentenced a Christian pastor to 14 years in jail for embezzlement and other charges, a court official confirmed Monday, after the preacher opposed the forced removal of crosses from churches.
A court in the eastern
province of Zhejiang sentenced Bao Guohua for embezzlement, disturbing public
order, illegal business operations and concealing information about business
accounts, local media have reported.
His wife Xing Wenxiang
was jailed for 12 years, they said. The two were also fined and their assets
seized for appropriating cash and a house which belonged to the church, reports
added.
An official at a court
in Jinhua city, where the sentencing took place on Thursday, confirmed the
sentences to AFP but
declined further comment.
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