Person profile: Long Jian (龙剑)
This archive preserves reporting on the May 2026 arrest of Long Jian and five fellow house-church leaders in Kaili, Guizhou.
May 2026 — six formal arrests
Bitter Winter and ChinaAid report that Wei Yongqiang, He Jinbao, Quan Xiaolong, Long Jian, Cheng Yongbing, and Zhou Guixia were formally arrested on fraud and “organizing minors to carry out activities disrupting public order” charges.
Bitter Winter case report · ChinaAid report
Legal and religious-freedom coverage
International Christian Concern, Christian Daily International, Religion Unplugged, and Voice of the Martyrs also reported the case. Their accounts describe the church activities underlying the accusations and discuss the use of fraud and minors-related provisions against unregistered churches. Those interpretations remain attributed to the respective outlets.
August 31, 2026 — custody roster
Rights Defense Network Issue 131 lists 龙剑 among reported current-custody cases.
Evidence limits
No PRC court judgment or state-media account was located. The detention facility, trial date, verdict, and sentence remain unknown. One outlet renders co-detainee Zhou Guixia’s name as “Zhou Guiya”; that peripheral transliteration variance does not affect Long Jian’s identity.