Person profile: Liang Ziliang (梁子亮)
This archive preserves the available reporting on Liang Ziliang, a Baptist preacher from Heshan, Guangdong.
June 2018 — Heshan detention
The U.S. State Department’s 2018 International Religious Freedom report, citing ChinaAid, records the arrest of Baptist preacher Liang Ziliang and his wife Li Yinxiu in Heshan after distributing Christian brochures and carrying anti-abortion banners in a park. The report says the couple was held for several days.
State Department report mirror
Bitter Winter, Christian Times, and Voice of the Martyrs Korea reported additional details about criminal-detention notices, the Heshan Municipal Detention Center, and a home search. These accounts largely rely on the same ChinaAid source lineage.
Bitter Winter · Christian Times · Voice of the Martyrs Korea
July 2025 — situation unclear
ChinaAid described Liang and Li Yinxiu as leaders of the Shaping Street Baptist Church in Heshan and said their situation remained unclear.
August 31, 2026 — current roster listing
Rights Defense Network Issue 131 lists 梁子亮 / Liang Ziliang in Guangdong’s detained-without-trial group, immediately before his wife Li Yinxiu. The roster gives no detention date, charge, facility, or case details.
Evidence limits
The 2018 incident reporting has a common underlying source lineage, while the current detention is documented only by the 2026 roster. No continuity is claimed between the two periods, and no present charge or facility is inferred.