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“Cruel Killing, Brutal Killing, Kill the Beast”: Investigating the 2014 McDonald’s “Cult Murder” in Zhaoyuan

Sep 29, 2017 Massimo Introvigne Center for Studies on New Religions maxintrovigne@gmail.com In 2017, CESNUR’s managing director, Massimo Introvigne, was invited to participate in a dialogue in China’s Henan province in June, followed by a conference in Hong Kong in September, involving Chinese law enforcement officers, leaders of China’s official “anti-xie jiao” association, Chinese academics, and some Western scholars.

CHINA: MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD VICTIMS OF STATE VIOLENCE: THE MURDER OF MS. GAO CUIQIN IN CUSTODY

HRWF (13.11.2017) – On May 28, 2014, homicide was perpetrated in the city of Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province, China. Six people entered a McDonald’s diner for preaching and ended up killing a customer who had refused to give them her phone number. The Chinese authorities identified the homicide as a “cult murder” and attributed the crime to the Church of Almighty God (also called Eastern Lightning), against which a campaign of repression had started long ago.