HUBEI PROVINCE, China — Gong Shengliang, imprisoned in China since 2001 for his leadership of a large house church movement, is suffering from lack of medical treatment after suffering a stroke, according to his daughter.
In an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping published on the websites of China Ministries International and China Aid Association, Gong Huali states that her father suffered a “cerebral infarction” (ischemic stroke) in late 2012 that has rendered him unable to walk or speak. “Because (of) the complete absence of minimal medical care, his cerebral and cerebellum functions have been severely affected,” she wrote. “His life is in serious danger.”
The daughter of the former leader of the South China Church movement, which reached 50,000 members before China banned it, wrote in the April 23 letter that she has asked officials in Hubei Province for him to be released on bail for urgent medical treatment.
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