Just in case you thought Chinese President Jiang Zemin was telling the truth when he said that people in China were free to worship as they please, there's word that the Chinese government feels threatened by an old folks home.

China cut off power and water on Friday to a group of elderly Christians, detained during U.S. President George W. Bush's recent visit, in an attempt to evict them from an old people's home, its manager said on Friday.

Chen Zhongxin, 63, manager of the home where police picked up 47 Christians when they gathered to pray last week, said local officials had dispatched workers to shut off electricity and water at the home in northern Beijing's Changping district.

Nine elderly Christians, the oldest 98, and two children, one blind and one retarded, live at the makeshift brick facility on the outskirts of the capital, he said.

"Everybody here knows we are just a group of old Christians. We want nothing from society but an explanation why this happened to us," Chen said.

If you're a younger Christian in China they poke you with cattle prods, if you're old and infirm they try a little less brutal means.