cwnewz.com - Hua Zaichen who is dying, requests to see his wife in prison but it was denied.
Hua Zaichen, 91 years old and dying and has requested a final meeting with his imprisoned wife, Shuang Shuying, 79, to say farewell, but prison officials refused his request. February 8, 2009 is the end of Shuang Shuying's two-year sentence and she is not allowed to leave the prison until then. However, officials stated that if her husband died before then, she would be allowed to see his body for 10 minutes but would have to be chained, handcuffed and shackled wearing her prisoner uniform. Public Security Bureau officers would transport and monitor her.
Hua Zaichen and Shuang Shuying are Christians and have been persecuted for years by the Chinese government. Mainly because of their family's work in caring for the poor and oppressed and also welcoming persecuted Christians into their home. Shuang Shuying's imprisonment, and the authorities' refusal to allow her a visit with her dying husband, is the latest in a series of attempts to intimidate the family into stopping their Christian activities.
Shuang Shuying was sentenced to two years in prison for "intentional damage of properties" in February 2007. At the time her son, Pastor Hua Huiqi, was in prison. While she was walking to the Public Security Bureau (PSB) office to ask about her son when a PSB car suddenly drove towards her. She tried to protect herself by holding her cane in front of her. She accidentally striked the vehicle. She realized the officers were coming after her and retreated into a government office. She was followed by the police, and in the mess her cane hit a machine in the lobby. She was charged with "intentional damage of properties." and sentenced to two years in prison where she remains today. She has has been ill most of her time in prison and has lost a significant amount of weight.
Hua Zaichen is hoping that the international community will speak out and also urges Chinese government officials to grant his request upon allowing him to see his wife before he dies.
Christian Web News - Jesus has a way of getting right to the point, doesn't He? There was certainly no mincing of words, He came right out and said, "why are you fearful?" and then went on to say, "O you of little faith." You don't have to read between the lines to see what He was saying, they had little faith.
Christian Web News - Galatians 3:13-14. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree''), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
