Cheng Hongpeng

Released

Held 3,556 days  Arrested June 2014 in China

Prisoner Details

Chinese Christian Cheng Hongpeng was sentenced to three years in prison after Chinese officials raided a choir practice on June 25, 2014. As the believers practiced hymns at a factory owned by a church member, about 50 uniformed and plainclothes policemen raided the practice in the village of Sanwuqi in Heze City, Shandong province. Twenty-two believers were arrested, including a pregnant woman and four children.

The children, their parents and the pregnant woman were released immediately. The remaining believers were released on bail July 23, 2014, but Cheng and Zhao Weiliang remained in custody.

On May 27, 2015, Cheng was sentenced to three years in prison under the charge of “using a cult organization to undermine law enforcement.”

According to VOM partners, Chen’s Total Scope Church is a Bible-based house church centered on the teachings of Christ and is not a cult.

Chen has a wife and two children. His mother suffers from advanced esophageal cancer and cannot work.

Petition Officials

  • Zhang Jun

    Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations

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    350 E. 35th Street

    New York, N.Y. 10016

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    Telephone: (212) 655-6100

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  • Qin Gang

    Ambassador

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    Chancery of the People’s Republic of China

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    Washington, DC 20008

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    Telephone: (202) 495-2266

    Fax: (202) 588-0032

  • Xi Jinping

    President of the People's Republic of China

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    President of the People's Republic of China

    Beijing

    People's Republic of CHINA

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