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	GONG'S 'ACCUSERS' CLAIM TORTURE INDUCED FALSE CONFESSIONS
		In a secret December trial, Gong was sentenced to death on charges of rape and arson, and of leading a cult.
		Although due to be executed on January 5, fifty-year-old Gong was granted permission to appeal his death sentence while on death row after international pressure was applied to Beijing.
		When police saw she was not eating, they rushed her to a hospital hoping to prove she was pregnant, intending to claim Gong was the father.
	www.worthynews.com /news-features-2/gong-accusers-tortured.html (553 words)

	China: Medical action: Ill-health and ill treatment of Gong Shengliang - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Gong Shengliang's latest health setbacks are compounded by the continual ill-treatment he has received since his imprisonment in 2001.
		Gong Shengliang had been treated at the prison hospital five times and on 6 December 2004 asked to be admitted to a hospital outside the prison.
		Gong Shengliang and four others were originally sentenced to death in December 2001 in connection with their membership of the "Huanan (South China) Church", which was banned in April 2001 and he was sentenced on charges including "using an evil cult to undermine the implementation of the law".
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGASA170082005?open&of=ENG-CHN (638 words)

	Gong Shengliang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pastor Gong Shengliang (龚圣亮) is the head of the South China Church.
		Cao Shengjie, Vice President of the China Christian Council, has reportedly called Gong Shengliang's organization satanic, and has asked that such abominations be dealt with severely for the sake of Christians everywhere.
		Some who testified against Gong later stated that they were tortured into doing so.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gong_Shengliang (227 words)

	Gong Shengliang [龚圣亮 / 龚胜亮] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Gong Shengliang, the leader of an un-registered church in Hubei Province, was sentenced to death on 29 December 2001 on charges of “rape”, “causing deliberate injury”, and “using a heretical organisation to undermine the implementation of the law”.
		Three women whom Gong was alleged to have raped have produced written testimonies, claiming they were shackled, whipped, kicked and beaten on their chest with electroshock batons by the police in an attempt to force them to testify that they had been raped by Gong and to obtain evidence in their case against Gong.
		According to letters written by Gong Shengliang, from February to April 2002 in his prison cell and smuggled out of China, the charges against him of rape were never raised in court by the prosecution, but he was still sentenced to death convicted of rape.
	asiapacific.amnesty.org /apro/aproweb.nsf/pages/dpcase3 (1139 words)

	China Prepares To Execute Christians
		Gong Shengliang and and his niece, Li Ying were convicted of "using a heretical organisation to undermine the implementation of the law" and "intentional assault".
		Gong and Li, as leaders of the church, were held responsible for the alleged injuries.
		Gong Shengliang was also charged with "rape", a charge often brought by the Chinese authorities against detained leaders of banned religious groups.
	www.rense.com /general20/chinaprepAL.htm (973 words)

	Crosswalk.com - Groups Urge Bush to Protest Execution of Chinese Pastor
		Pastor Gong, 46, was reportedly sentenced to death on Dec. 5, 2001, after the Intermediate People's Court of Jingmen, a city in Hubei Province, found him guilty of using a cult to undermine the enforcement of law and of malicious assault and rape.
		Gong's deputy and 37-year-old niece, Li Ying, who is responsible for evangelization and publishing, was given one of the suspended death sentences.
		Gong was apparently set up by local Hubei police who forced women members of the congregation on Aug. 18, 2001, to strip off their clothes and then kicked and physically abused them until they were bruised and bleeding to make it appear they had been raped.
	www.learnathome.com /1113572.html (862 words)

	SermonAudio.com - Edit What's New
		The founder of the South China Church, Gong Shengliang, was convicted by the Jingmen City Intermediate Court on charges including ``using a cult to undermine the enforcement of the law,'' the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said.
		Gong's niece Li Ying, also a church leader, was given a death sentence suspended for two years, the center said.
		Li was convicted of conspiring with Gong in the church and causing intentional injury it said.
	www.sermonaudio.com /winedit_news2.asp?WhatsNewID=11133 (286 words)

	Chinese Church Leader Sentenced to Life
		Gong Shengliang was found guilty of the trumped up charges of rape and battery in a second trial.
		Gong established the South China Church as a splinter sect of the Total Scope Church.
		Gong was convicted at a secret trial on Dec.
	www.biblenews1.com /history2/20021010.htm (1003 words)

	Evangeliska ÖstasienMissionen - EÖM
		Friends and relatives of Christian dissident Gong Shengliang have appealed for help from the international community on reports that Gong is near death as a result of abusive treatment in prison.
		Gong and four other members of the Hubei-based South China Church, Li Ying, Xu Fuming, Hu Yong and Gong Bangkun, were condemned to death on December 29, 2001 on charges of “using a cult to undermine implementation of the law” and “intentional assault.” Gong was also charged with rape.
		Sources say that Gong Shengliang was transferred to Jingzhou Prison at the end of last year, since which he has been subjected to daily brainwashing sessions and close supervision of his every action.
	www.eom.nu /aktuellt.php?recid=32 (442 words)

	SermonAudio.com - What's New Details
		Friends and relatives of Gong Shengliang, who was convicted on charges of rape and assault and is serving a life sentence, say he is passing blood and has lost his hearing, said the New York-based Human Rights in China.
		Supporters say Gong is "near death as a result of abusive treatment," the group said in a statement, citing what it said was a letter signed by 34 of his friends and relatives.
		It said Gong was beaten for professing his faith, refusing to admit guilt and requesting an appeal of his conviction.
	www.sermonaudio.com /new_details.asp?printer=true&ID=14398 (177 words)

	Gong Shengliang
		Pastor Gong Shengliang is the head of the South China Church[?].
		He is serving a life sentence in the People's Republic of China for fostering an illegal cult and promoting violence and rape toward Church members.
		He was sentenced to death in 2001, but because of international pressure, the sentence was reduced to life.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/go/Gong_Shengliang.html (96 words)

	China: Pastor Gong Shengliang
		Pastor Gong Shengliang (53) is the founder and leader of the South China Church (SCC), an evangelical house-church fellowship with some 50,000 members across several provinces.
		CAA reports, 'When one of Gong's sisters complained of his injuries to the prison director, Sun Wenquan, she was told that Gong is a model prisoner in every respect except one: he refuses to denounce his faith in Christ, and he will not stop praying and preaching.
		Pastor Gong Shengliang (53) is the founder and leader of the South China Church, an evangelical house-church fellowship with some 50,000 members across several provinces.
	jmm.aaa.net.au /articles/12537.htm (970 words)

	The Journal: Pastor Gong near death in Chinese prison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		VOM, June 10, 2003: Pastor Gong Shengliang, the imprisoned founder of the South China Church, is near death after repeated torture in a Chinese prison.
		Gong is repeatedly brainwashed in an attempt to get him to reject his faith in Christ and to admit to so-called crimes against the state.
		Gong is forbidden to talk to any of the other prisoners, and any prisoner caught talking to him even in passing is severely punished.
	glenn.bluemountains.net.au /mt/archives/000053.php (638 words)

	Pastor of Chinese church near death after repeated torture
		Gong to be alive in the future, you’d better think of a way as quickly as possible.
		Pastor Gong was sentenced to be executed in December 2001 during a secret trial, but a re-trial was ordered by the Hubei Province Supreme Court after international outcry and pressure from the U.S to commute the sentence.
		Gong was re-tried last October and charges relating to cult and illegal religious activity were dropped.
	www.goodnewsetc.com /073MIS1.htm (519 words)

	Christian Friends - Update on Pastor Gong in China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Pastor Gong Shengliang, the imprisoned leader of the South China Church, told relatives during a prison visit Monday that he fears for his life in Hongshan Prison, Wuhan City, Hubei Province.
		Gong is accompanied everywhere he goes inside the prison by two guards, making the report of a fall out of a window even more incredible.
		When one of Gong’s sisters complained of his injuries to the prison director, Sun Wenquan, she was told that Gong is a model prisoner in every respect except one: he refuses to denounce his faith in Christ, and he will not stop praying and preaching.
	ww2.forwilliam.org:8004 /forum/showthread.php?t=715 (553 words)

	Open Doors USA - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Gong was beaten for professing his faith, refusing to admit his guilt and requesting an appeal against his verdict.
		Gong and four other house church leaders were originally sentenced to death in December 2001 for their membership in the SouthChinaChurch, which was labeled an ‘evil cult.’ The labeling preceded a “Strike Hard” campaign from May to August of that year, during which hundreds of members of the SouthChinaChurchwere arrested and tortured.
		Gong’s wife is suffering from mental instability, a result of the great fear and intimidation she has experienced over the past two years.
	www.opendoorsusa.org /ArchiveDisplay.asp?ID=9606BD76-1B17-4FC8-BD3A-009EFEFF10E9&Category=News (697 words)

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		Gong Shengliang, 46, leader of the South China Church, was sentenced to death after a secret trial in December before a court in Wuhan, China.
		Gong and co-defendant Li Ying, also sentenced to death with a two-year delay, were granted a reprieve and retrial.
		Sources closely connected to Gong's house church movement, however, said a second closed-door tribunal had been scheduled for mid-March, but that his lawyers are "fighting against a closed trial." "No (Chinese) lawyers dared to touch this case," said one insider.
	www.bpnews.net /storydownload.asp?ID=13015 (897 words)

	Bash High School Youth Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		During a secret trial in the Hubei province, Gong Shengliang, the founder of the "South China" house church movement, was sentenced to death, with an execution date of January 5, 2002.
		As you may remember, Pastor Gong, the leader of the South China Church, was sentenced to death at the end of December 2001.
		Whereas Pastor Gong adheres to his faith, the prison authority consistently reports to the upper level authority that Pastor Gong refuses to admit his 'wrongdoings' and wants to appeal to the superior court.
	www.godwerks.com /column/viewColumn.jsp?articleid=91 (856 words)

	South China Church :: Jailed Chinese Christian on Hunger Strike
		Gong Shengliang, who is serving a life sentence on rape and assault charges, is protesting the confiscation of a written appeal and other documents about his case, said activist Bob Fu.
		Gong and 12 others were convicted of lesser charges at the second trial in October, according to Fu.
		Gong began his hunger strike Nov. 14, said Fu, who is executive director of the Committee for Investigation on Persecution of Religion in China.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /1425 (568 words)

	A church leader in China has been sentenced to death-Truth!
		Gong Shengliang, the leader of the South China church, a house church group, has been sentenced to death, and the penalty could be carried out on January 5th.
		Gong is regarded as an influential Christian leader in China.
		Shea says the Chinese authorities issued a "top secret" report in August outlining the charges against Gong and labeling the South China church "an evil cult." In the document, Gong was officially accused of using a cult to undermine the enforcement of law and of malicious assault and rape.
	www.truthorfiction.com /rumors/g/gong.htm (910 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Imprisoned pastor fears for life
		Pastor Gong Shengliang, the leader of the South China Church, had a brief 10-minute visit with relatives this week in Hongshan Prison, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, reported Voice of the Martyrs, which monitors Christian persecution worldwide.
		VOM says Gong had to be carried into the visiting hall at the prison by four other inmates because he could not walk.
		When Gong was asked about the injury, he first looked at the guard and then said reluctantly, "Yes, I fell," reported VOM in a statement.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38046 (410 words)

	JbA_001 - SierraTimes.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Gong had been given a death sentence in a Dec. 18 secret trial on charges of "complicity in rape" and "leading an evil cult," reports Compass.
		Sources in Beijing said that Gong's reprieve was due "in a significant measure" to the pressure exerted by U.S. government and Congressional sources, as well as swift publicity by agencies such as Compass Direct and Freedom House.
		High-level sources told Compass they are confident that Gong will have his death sentence commuted to imprisonment, especially as evidence has come to light that two women whose testimony was used to convict him of rape were forced to provide false versions of events.
	www.sierratimes.com /02/01/07/JbA_001.htm (249 words)

	TribalWar Forums - Human Rights in China
		Gong and four other church leaders were sentenced to death last year under anti-cult laws.
		Gong was accused of raping several female church members and ordering the beatings of followers who feuded with church leaders, according to documents submitted at his first trial.
		Other activists said last year that Gong had gone on a hunger strike to protest the confiscation of a written appeal and documents needed for his case.
	www.tribalwar.com /forums/showthread.php?p=4387034 (415 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The court revoked its previous judgment on the 17 leaders of the church for the crime of [engaging in] "cult" [activities], thus four of them who have been merely charged with the crime of [engaging in] "cult" [activities] are acquitted of the crime and are to get released, but their names were previously unknown.
		Church founder Gong Shengliang and two co-workers, Xu Fuming and Hu Yong, were convicted of rape and assault charges and sentenced to life in prison.
		Gong Shengliang and four other members were sentenced to death in the earlier trial.
	www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de /oasien/china/service/bbc/021013.txt (4083 words)

	Chine: Le pasteur Gong Shengliang va-t-il mourir en prison ? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ainsi Gong Shengliang : ce pasteur innocent va passer son sixième Noël en cellule.
		En 1986, dans la province de Hubei, le Pasteur Gong Shengliang a fondé l’église «South China Church» («Eglise du Sud de la Chine»), sans l’annoncer au «Mouvement patriotique des trois autonomies», vu que l’école du dimanche pour les enfants et le catéchisme pour les jeunes sont interdits dans les églises reconnues.
		Depuis, Gong a perdu l’ouïe de l’oreille gauche et souffre en permanence de maux d’estomac.
	www.csi-france.fr /chine_le_pasteur_gong_sheng.php (988 words)

	Chinese House Church Founder Reportedly Near Death (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		According to The Voice of the Martyrs (VM), Gong Shengliang, who is serving a life sentence on bogus rape and assault charges, has been beaten into a coma by prison officials, suffering internal injuries.
		The source inside the prison said three guards are specifically assigned to Shengliang daily, and his activity is watched and recorded.
		Shengliang is repeatedly brainwashed in an attempt to get him to reject his faith and admit to crimes against the state.
	www.mcjonline.com /news/03a/20030618c.shtml (276 words)

	China: Protestant pastor seriously ill following beating by prison officials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Gong Shengliang, leader of the banned "Huanan Church", was originally sentenced to death in December 2001 after the "Huanan Church" was banned in April that year.
		At the end of 2002 Gong Shengliang was transferred to Jingzhou prison where he has been tortured and ill-treated.
		Amnesty International is calling for Gong Shengliang to be provided with appropriate medical treatment, given guarantees that he will not be subjected to further torture or ill-treatment and given access to a lawyer of his choice.
	www.amnesty.org.uk /deliver/document/14595.html (553 words)

	∆‡ South China Church (posted: 03/01/02)
		The founder of the banned South China Church, Gong Shengliang, and his niece, have been sentenced to death by a court in Jingmen City following conviction on charges including "using a cult to undermine the enforcement of law," according to the Information Center for Human rights and Democracy.
		At a secret trial on December 18, Gong was also convicted of complicity in rape and injuring 14 people during church rituals.
		Gong's niece was also charged with being the founder of the "Hunan Special Periodical," an underground Christian publication, of which a total of 500,000 copies in 48 issues were printed since it began in 1994.
	www.culticstudiesreview.org /csr_news/csr_newsgrp/southchinachurch_2002_01_15.htm (309 words)

	Execution of house church leader delayed for appeal - International Mission Board, SBC
		LONDON (BP)--The 46-year-old founder of the "South China" house church movement, Gong Shengliang, has been granted a reprieve from a death sentence that was scheduled to be carried out Jan. 5, Gong's relatives have reported, according to a Compass Direct news service dispatch Jan. 7.
		Sources in Beijing confirmed that Gong had indeed not been put to death, the news service reported, but the official reason from the Chinese Foreign Ministry was that Gong had been granted a period of several months to appeal the death sentence.
		High-level sources are confident that Gong will have his death sentence commuted to imprisonment, especially as evidence has come to light that two women whose testimony was used to convict him of rape were forced to provide false versions of events, Compass Direct reported.
	www.imb.org /core/story.asp?storyID=750&LanguageID=1709 (567 words)

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