Lü Yuexia is a church leader who served as vice director of Shuangmiao Christian Church in Shangqiu, Henan Province. Religious-freedom reporting states that she was detained in May 2016 during the demolition of the church and formally arrested about a month later with four other church leaders.
May 2016 church demolition
Gospel Herald and Christian Post, citing China Aid, reported that about 300 police officers and city inspectors arrived on May 5, 2016 and demolished the still-under-construction Shuangmiao Christian Church. The reports state that about 40 Christians were detained and that some worshippers were beaten while trying to stop the demolition.
Lü Yuexia, identified as the church’s vice director, was among those detained. About a month later, according to the same reporting, she and four other church leaders were formally arrested.
Status and evidence limits
No reliable later case record was located. Her current status after the 2016 formal arrest is therefore unknown. The specific criminal charge and detention facility were not stated in the reviewed sources. No verified Chinese-character form of her name was located, so no Chinese characters are published here.
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