Experts: Tackle cults at grassroots level

Religious experts called on governments to regularly update information on heretic sects and strengthen its support and management of densely populated areas to battle cults at the grassroots level.

More people are reporting tips and clues about cults to the authorities since six cult members of Quannengshen, also known as "Almighty God", allegedly beat a woman to death at a McDonald's restaurant in Zhaoyuan, Shandong province, on May 28, Li Anping, secretary-general of China Anti-Cult Association, said on Monday.

"I have received calls and e-mails saying their relatives or friends have been obsessed with that heretic sect since the case in Shandong," Li said.