China detains six underground church members in latest crackdown, church tells members


Beijing has long required religious groups to be registered. - Photo: AFP

BEIJING: Six members of an influential underground Protestant church in China were detained by police this week, according to a church statement to members seen by Reuters and non-governmental organisations, in the latest crackdown on Chinese Christians.

The raid follows waves of large-scale detentions of unregistered Christians in recent months, as Beijing steps up scrutiny of churches that operate outside the control of the ruling Communist Party.

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