ChinaAid Warns Pastor Wang Yi May Have Liver Cancer as Family Gets Fewer Than 5 Visits
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 17
ChinaAid Warns Pastor Wang Yi May Have Liver Cancer as Family Gets Fewer Than 5 Visits
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 17
Summary
Bob Fu said imprisoned pastor Wang Yi may have advanced liver cancer, but ChinaAid cannot independently confirm it because authorities have blocked new family visits and outside medical access.
Oct. 1 prison medical information relayed by phone reportedly said Wang was in good health, yet his wife and relatives still have not been granted an in-person meeting since the cancer concerns surfaced.
Fewer than five visits have been allowed during nearly eight years of Wang's detention, according to his church, while Fu said letters stopped for two years and monitored meetings were cut short if health or religion was discussed.
Fu urged the Trump administration to press Beijing at upcoming APEC and G-20 meetings for private family access, an independent medical exam with legal counsel, and release of Wang's medical records.
Wang has been jailed since a December 2018 crackdown on Early Rain Covenant Church and is serving a nine-year sentence; China's embassy said it had no case-specific information and defended its religious policy.