Posted on 07/14/2015 3:32:10 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
China will begin the trial on July 28 of a Korean-American missionary arrested last year over a non-profit school he ran near the sensitive border with North Korea, his lawyer said, in a case that sparked outcry from international Christian groups.
A sprawling crackdown had forced hundreds of Christian missionaries out of China, most by having their visas refused, sources told Reuters last August.
Supporters of Peter Hahn, the missionary, had said he was being targeted because of his Christian faith and because of the small vocational school he ran.
Authorities have dropped three of the four charges against Hahn, 74, probably for lack of evidence, his lawyer, Zhang Peihong, told Reuters, leaving only the least serious charge of counterfeiting receipts.
"I wouldn't call my attitude optimistic," Zhang said by telephone. "After all Peter has only done good works, so he shouldn't face any punishment. I do hope the court will act impartially."
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I knew a girl, a really cute one, who worked as an undercover missionary in China. She attended college there.
I am sure China knew what was going on but apparently they didn’t care.
That China is treating missionaries this way is great.
Beats past practice of torturing them to death.
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