This archive preserves the source record behind the Chen Jian （陈健） person profile: the reporting on the June 2025 detentions in the Shenyang Sai Er Te house-church case, the September 2025 re-detentions, and his listing as detained without sentencing in Liaoning as of August 2026. Sources are graded; allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.
Source record
- CHRD prisoner-database record (entry 2025-12-04; re-queried October 2026). Identifies 陈健 / “Chen Jian,” a Shenyang Sai Er Te Fellowship （沈阳塞尔特青年团契） member, last taken September 29, 2025, charged with “using a cult to undermine law enforcement,” no sentence recorded, facility unknown; notes six fellowship members detained under the same charge, with five still detained as of November 29, 2025. Re-verified live: the exact Chinese-name query returns this single record.
- Rights Defense Network — monthly report Issue 131 (August 31, 2026), Chinese edition. Lists 陈健 in the Liaoning “detained without sentencing” group （辽宁15人）, adjacent to co-defendants 明道（曲红波牧师）、王相超、邵华煊、刘雪云、付友玲 — the same case cluster named in the international coverage.
- Bitter Winter — “Shenyang Youth Fellowship: Five Christian Leaders Arrested for ‘Cult-Like’ Activity” (July 25, 2025) and “Update on Shenyang Youth Fellowship: The Persecution Deepens, Families Fracture” (October 2025). Reports the June 2025 arrests and the September 26–29 re-detentions of fellowship members under the “using a xie jiao organization to undermine the enforcement of law” charge, Kangping County Detention Center, and the September 30 detention of Pastor Mingdao’s wife; notes six members remained in detention as of October 22, 2025. Does not name Chen Jian individually; provides the independently reported case context for his detention.
- ChinaAid — “China Cracks Down Again on A House Church in Shenyang” (October 23, 2025) and “Pretrial Conference Approaches in Shenyang ‘Sai Er Te Case’” (April 4, 2026). October 2025: reports the case history and re-arrests; notes the Shenyang Public Security Bureau had issued no official comment. April 2026: reports a pretrial conference set for April 7, 2026 and the prosecution’s sentencing recommendations (Pastor Qu Hongbo 4.5 years; Shao Huaxuan, Wang Xiangchao, Liu Xueyun 3 years each) — Chen Jian is not among the named defendants.
- 民生观察 (msguancha.com) — “明道及多位信徒被抓捕后遭遇酷刑” (July 18, 2025). Independent Chinese-language media corroboration of the June 2025 detentions, the Shengli police station (Kangping County) detentions, and the reported mistreatment accounts, based on the church’s and a detainee’s wife’s statements.
Limitations
- No primary court record, official procedural record, international wire-service account, or PRC official source has been located for Chen Jian’s individual case; the June-2025 detainee lists in Bitter Winter name five without him while the prisoner database lists six including him, and whether he was among those briefly bailed in late July differs across sources — consistent across all sources is that he was re-taken on September 29, 2025 and remained detained thereafter.
- His gender, age, occupation, exact facility, and any outcome after April 2026 are undocumented.
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