6 cult members imprisoned in NW China
(Xinhua) Updated: 2014-12-27 18:44LANZHOU - Six members of the same cult responsible for the brutal killing of a woman in a McDonald's outlet were found guilty of using the cult to sabotage law enforcement, a local court in northwest China's Gansu Province said on Saturday.
The six Almighty God cult members were found to have organized fundraising events and promotional activities and were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to five years, according to the Chengguan District Court in Lanzhou City, Gansu provincial capital.
Despite the cult being banned, the six continued to engage in activities that seriously disturbed social order and the work of state agencies, the court said.
On May 28, five members of the cult killed a woman at a McDonald's outlet in Shandong Province because she refused to give them her cellphone number. They were trying to recruit new members.
- Govt encourages people to work 4.5 days a week
- Action to be taken as HIV cases among students rise
- Debate grows over reproductive rights
- Country's first bishop ordained in 3 years
- China builds Tibetan Buddhism academy in Chengdu
- Authorities require reporting of HIV infections at schools
- Typhoon Soudelor kills 14 in East China
- Police crack down on overseas gambling site
- Debate over death penalty for child traffickers goes on
- Beijing to tighten mail security for war anniversary
