Zhan Ge has been released on bail along with eight other Zion Church members after serving eight months in detention. The nine detained believers were released after the expiration of the maximum investigative detention period allowed under Chinese law according to China Aid. However, nine other church leaders remain in detention and are now facing new charges of “illegal business operations’ and “fraud”.
Those remaining in detention are, Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, Pastor Wang Lin, Pastor Gao Yingjia, Pastor Yin Huibin, Pastor Liu Zhenbin, Pastor Lin Shucheng, Pastor Wang Cong, Elder Wang Zhong, and Wu Qiuyu.
