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Five members of a church have been indicted by court prosecutors in China on charges of intentional homicide after they beat up a 35-year-old mother, and killed her after she refused to give out her mobile phone number, in a bid to recruit her to their church.
The people charged, all members of the banned cult, the Church of Almighty God, are alleged to have brutally killed Wu Shuoyan after they asked for her number at a McDonald's restaurant in Zhaoyuan on May 28, Xinhua reported, quoting the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
Local police arrested six people at the scene. Three were adults from the same family, along with a 12-year-old son. But as he has not reached the age of criminal responsibility, he will be dealt with separately, Zhaoyuan police said. Two other adults were also charged.
Three of the defendants were also charged with "organising and using a cult to undermine law enforcement", for repeatedly organising cult gatherings, circulating cult information and recruiting followers using the internet, the prosecutors said.
The case prompted a tougher crackdown against religious cults in the country. Hundreds of followers of the Church of Almighty God have been detained since last month, including 113 from Liaoning province. Dozens have already been sentenced, mainland media reports.
The case in Zhaoyuan also sparked a public outrage after surveillance video and photos were leaked online showing that onlookers and restaurant workers did not intervene when Wu was brutally beaten with chairs and a metal mop.
