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CAA (12/15/05) – CAA learned that pastor Cai’s case will have a new verdict at the second trial on December 20, Tuesday at the First People’s Intermediate Court of Beijing. The trial will be held at 9:50am at Court Room No. 22.

According to reliable governmental source, before Cai’s first sentence, Cai was interrogated almost 90 times by both the State Security Bureau and the Public Security Bureau. One sympathetic officer at Cai’s detention center told CAA that because of the heavy handed interrogation (it was held at midnight every time), pastor Cai’s both legs were seen trembling whenever his name was called. According to Ms. Hu Jinyun, one of the convicted in this case, the four convicted were forced to sign their names in blank paper with different dates. Every time, a electric shock baton was used to threaten them. Both Cai’s mother and Ms. Hu had been under close surveillance by about a dozen plain-clothed police offers. They were cursed as “betrayers of the country” because they accepted interviews by overseas media. On December 6, Cai called his mother from Jail and “rebuked” his mother urging her “not to make further noise for his case”. It seemed Cai was forced to make that call.

The intermediate court this time did ask each of the convicted to have two family members to attend the trial.

Ms. Hu Jinyun’s two attorneys Dr. Teng Biao and professor Wang Yi along with Mr. Zhang Xingshui as well as Mr. Gao Zhisheng will defend her and the case.

“The whole world will watch this case closely” said Bob Fu,” This will be seen a litmus test on whether Chinese citizens are indeed having true religious freedom or not.”

The Court clerk phone number is +86-10-5989-1644 and the presiding Judge is Ms. Ma Huilan.

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蔡卓华牧师一案二审判决将于12月20日公开宣判;

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