The leader of a self-help group turned new religious movement was sentenced to seventeen years and six months in jail and his organization was banned.
Recently, the Xiamen Intermediate Court confirmed on appeal a verdict of seventeen years and six months in jail against the “xie jiao leader” Deng Haipeng, and lesser penalties for eight of his co-workers. “Xie jiao” is often translated as “cults” or “evil cults” but means “heterodox teachings” and is a label used in China since the Middle Ages to designate religious groups whose teachings are regarded as dangerous and subversive by the state.
Read more at “Once Popular, Deng Haipeng’s Soul Shaping Is Liquidated as a Xie Jiao”
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