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This archive preserves the source basis and case chronology behind the person profile. It supports the profile of Wang Xiangchao (王相超), a member of the Sai Er Te (塞尔特) Youth Fellowship in Shenyang, Liaoning, held in pre-trial detention.
**Case chronology**
– **June 28, 2025** — Police detain several members of the Shenyang Sai Er Te Fellowship. Pastor Qu Hongbo (曲红波), Shao Huaxuan (邵华煊), Wang Xiangchao (王相超), and Liu Xueyun (刘雪云) are subsequently formally charged and detained on suspicion of “organizing and using a cult organization to undermine the implementation of the law.” (ChinaAid, April 4, 2026)
– **July 2025** — Rights-defense reporting documents the detentions and the “cult organization” charge against the fellowship’s members. (wqw, 2025-07-21; 民生观察, 2025-07-18)
– **October 2025** — Authorities intensify the crackdown on the fellowship; around eight members are detained in mid- to late-October. By month’s end some are released on bail and others remain in detention. (Dui Hua Foundation, Prisoner Updates 2025 #9; ChinaAid, 2025-10-23)
– **April 4, 2026** — The prosecution issues sentencing recommendations: three-year terms and 30,000-yuan fines for Wang Xiangchao, Shao Huaxuan, and Liu Xueyun; four and a half years plus a 50,000-yuan fine for Pastor Qu. The recommendations are not verdicts. A pretrial conference is scheduled for April 7, 2026. (ChinaAid, April 4, 2026)
– **August 31, 2026** — The Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 monthly report lists 王相超 in its Liaoning pre-trial-detention group. (wqw Issue 131, 2026-08-31 — dated source claim)
**Key sources**
– ChinaAid, 2026-04-04: “Pretrial Conference Approaches in Shenyang ‘Sai Er Te Case’…” — https://chinaaid.org/news/pretrial-conference-approaches-in-shenyang-sai-er-te-case-as-pastor-and-members-face-heavy-sentencing-recommendations/
– Dui Hua Foundation, Prisoner Updates 2025 #9 — https://duihua.org/prisoner-updates-2025-9/
– wqw Issue 131 (2026-08-31) — https://www.chinahrc.org/content/43092/
– ChinaAid, 2025-10-23: “China Cracks Down Again on a House Church in Shenyang…” — https://chinaaid.org/news/china-cracks-down-again-on-a-house-church-in-shenyang-pastor-and-his-spouse-and-several-members-of-sai-er-te-fellowship-falsely-accused-of-cult-crimes/
– wqw, 2025-07-21 — https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/07/5_21.html
– 民生观察, 2025-07-18 — https://msguancha.com/a/lanmu4/2025/0718/24430.html
**Evidence note:** The June 28, 2025 detention, the cult-organization charge, and the April 2026 sentencing recommendations are reported by monitoring organizations and remain sourced claims, not independently verified findings. The prosecution’s sentencing recommendations were not verdicts, and no post-April-2026 trial outcome has been publicly documented. Dui Hua labels Wang Xiangchao “Pastor”; ChinaAid identifies Qu Hongbo as the fellowship’s pastor — the public profile therefore describes Wang as a fellowship member.
**Contradictions / gaps:** Detention facility after April 2026, trial outcome, and any sentence are undocumented. A release, transfer, or verdict after 2026-08-31 would not be reflected here.