Shujun, Chen Yan Qiang, asked to visit Wang Yi: his wife only met five times in eight years, and senior parents waited for a response from Kim Tong Prison

On 5 October, the Church of the Covenant, the Church of the Chengdu Autumn Church, Shujun and Chen Yan raised their cards and asked the family of the pastor Wang Yi to be visited regularly by the Sichuan Golden Hall Prison. , <a href="https://chinaaid.org/news/china-church-roundup-believers-speak-out-as-pastors-remain-imprisoned/"target" = _blank" rel = noopener noreferrer" data-linked-reference= true" data-reference-label = `ChunaAid 14 October "" also posted a video of two believers on October 14. Rather than reducing their sentences for Wang Yi, they are asking for an opportunity for his wife and elderly parents to see their relatives who are still in prison.

Wang Yi was taken away from the Church of the Autumn Rains in December 2018, and in December 2019 was sentenced to nine years in prison by the Chengdu Court for inciting subversion of State power and illegal business. While serving their sentences, meetings and correspondence become a long-term requirement for family members. > > October 12th, the Church Bulletin to China Aid recorded that his wife was only allowed five visits in eight years and that daily correspondence and telephone contact were restricted. The prison is carrying out the punishment, while the families are not able to sustain the ordinary ties of kinship.

Two elderly people are particularly concerned about Wang Yi's health. "According to the /in early October, a friend of the Autumn Rains Church told his parents about the possible illness of Wang Chai on 4 October. Fathers are unable to sleep overnight and have increased toothaches; Mothers also suffered from an uncomfortable kernel disease. The elderly called Kim Tong Prison to inquire, but were provided with responses that the person in charge was absent during the holiday period and needed to wait. The prison is in charge of Wang Yi ' s daily life and medical care, and parents are told that their son is well and can only wait for the other side of the phone to give their message.

Wang Yi has long been subjected to political pressure by the Communist Party regime on criminal charges. After the church was razed in 2018, the Chengdu public security organs intervened continuously in the religious activities of the independent church, from the priest, the co-worker and the congregation. For Wang Yi ' s family, nine years of imprisonment did not limit the difficult situation to prison: the wife was left alone to live in a family, elderly parents lacked information about their sons and church members repeatedly contacted the police because they supported them.

Shujun himself has had such an experience. <a href="https://mail.msguancha.com/a/a/zjzykz/2026/0706/25605.html(a) "target" = "nopener noreferrer" data-linked-reference = "true" data-reference-label = "July complaint of Shujun" — Public Watch disclosed </a" on 6 July that she had complained to the Cheng Jinjiang district Chun Hee Road Police Station about her being summoned for religious activities and that the police had problems in the presentation and cell phone seizure; The complaint documented that she was the mother of two children. On 5 October, Shujun did not withdraw from the public view but raised a card with Chen Yan to express the family ' s request for access. A common believer who had personally been subjected to police intervention once again stood up for the victims of the same church.

Article 48 of the Chinese Prisons Law gives the sentenced person the opportunity to meet with relatives and guardians, as required. Wang Yi is currently held in Kim Tong Prison, where specific visiting and communication arrangements are carried out, with managerial responsibility for the higher Sichuan provincial prison administration. A political case, which carries a sentence of nine years ' imprisonment, continues to affect the most basic family ties between the wife and older parents in the prison, demonstrating how political persecution by the Communist Party of China extends from sentenced persons to relatives.

Wang Yi was detained for almost eight years when a card image was published on 14 October by the Chinese Aid Association. Shujun and Chen Yan have cards that document their public actions, and Wang Yi's parents are still waiting for a meeting. The elderly have not been able to wait for many years, but the decision on when they will be able to see their sons is in the hands of Kim Tong Prison.