China June 11, Shi Weihan (38), a Christian bookstore owner and house church lefader, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 150,000 Yuan (approximately $2,500 CAD) for "illegally" printing and distributing Christian literature, according to a June 11 report from ChinaAid. The time that Weihan has spent in prison since he was first arrested in November 2007 (click here for more details) will reportedly be considered part of his three-year sentence. Six others believed to be shareholders and executives of the printing company which printed the Bibles that Weihan distributed also stood trial and received criminal sentences.

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