Person profile: Lian Xuliang (廉旭亮)
This archive preserves the dated reporting on the Church of Abundance case involving Lian Xuliang. No verdict has been located.
August 2022 — detention and church ban
Morning Star News and ChinaAid reported the August 2022 detention of Lian Xuliang, his father Lian Changnian, and other church workers, followed by the reported ban of the Church of Abundance as an unregistered organization. USCIRF records Lian’s August 17 detention and later formal arrest on a fraud allegation.
2025 — trial and re-detention
Bitter Winter reported trial proceedings beginning June 24, 2025; ChinaAid reported a July 9 hearing. Christian Post reported that Lian, his father, and Fu Juan were detained again on November 2, 2025 while awaiting a verdict.
Bitter Winter · Christian Post
September 2026 — release
ChinaAid reported on September 8 that Lian had returned home on September 5. The Red Lighthouse independently reported the same release date on September 17. No authority explanation or case-disposition notice was located.
Status and evidence limits
Rights Defense Network Issue 131, dated August 31, 2026, listed Lian as detained without trial, but that roster predates his September 5 release and is stale as a current-status source. USCIRF’s “Not Released” field is likewise stale. Torture, beating, and witness-coercion allegations come from advocacy and religious-freedom reporting and remain attributed. Release does not establish acquittal, dismissal, or closure of the prosecution.