### Cheng Yongbing — Media Profile & Archive
This archive collects the media record of the May 2026 arrest of Cheng Yongbing and five fellow house-church leaders in Kaili City, Guizhou Province, on fraud and “organizing minors” charges.
**Case chronology**
– **May 2026** — News emerges from Kaili that six Christians have been formally arrested on charges of fraud and “organizing minors to carry out activities disrupting public order” (Bitter Winter, citing Weiquanwang). The six: Wei Yongqiang, He Jinbao, Quan Xiaolong, Long Jian, Cheng Yongbing, Zhou Guixia.
– **May 13, 2026** — ChinaAid reports the arrests, identifying the Kaili house church and quoting ChinaAid president Bob Fu: “Criminalizing Sunday school and the peaceful sharing of faith with children is an outrageous abuse of law.”
– **May 22, 2026** — International Christian Concern and Christian Daily International cover the case; the legal novelty of the minors charge is highlighted across outlets.
– **Mid-2026** — Voice of the Martyrs (Australia) reports the six remain in detention; families continue to seek legal remedies. Note: VOM renders the sixth detainee’s name as “Zhou Guiya” rather than “Zhou Guixia” — a transliteration variance in English-language reporting.
**Background pattern (Kaili)**
– **2021** — A Kaili court hands a twelve-year fraud sentence to an Adventist preacher surnamed Zhang over tithes treated as illegal income (Bitter Winter).
– **2025–2026** — Revised Public Security Administrative Punishments Law places “illegal religious activities” alongside xie jiao offenses; enforcement intensifies (Bitter Winter).
**Source archive**
1. Bitter Winter (Wu Guoxuan), “Six Christians Arrested in Guizhou on Fraud and ‘Organizing Minors’ Charges” — core case facts, citing Weiquanwang. https://bitterwinter.org/six-christians-arrested-in-guizhou-on-fraud-and-organizing-minors-charges/
2. ChinaAid, “Chinese authorities arrest six Christians over children’s Sunday school classes,” May 13, 2026. https://chinaaid.org/news/chinese-authorities-arrest-six-christians-over-childrens-sunday-school-classes/
3. International Christian Concern, “Six Christians Arrested in China,” May 22, 2026. https://persecution.org/2026/05/22/six-christians-arrested-in-china/
4. Christian Daily International, “China arrests six Christians on charge of ‘organizing minors’.” https://www.christiandaily.com/news/china-arrests-six-christians-on-charge-of-organizing-minors
5. Voice of the Martyrs (Australia), “CHINA: Six Christians Arrested Over Sunday School Classes” — detention status. https://vom.com.au/prayers/china-six-christians-arrested-over-sunday-school-classes/
6. Religion Unplugged, “Chinese Authorities Arrest 6 Christians Over Children’s Sunday School Classes,” May 15, 2026. https://religionunplugged.com/news/2026/5/15/china-authorities-arrest-christians-over-childrens-sunday-school-classes
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Media archive: Cheng Yongbing