Pregnant Women Beaten During Arrest and Torture of Husband

(ICC) – On 27 July 2005 at approximately 12:00 o’clock midnight thirty Vietnamese police stormed into the village of Plei Nglom Thung , Ia Pet commune, Dak Doa District, Gia Lai Province and arrested our Christian Brother named “Than”. The police accused “Than” of supplying food to some of our Montagnard brothers and sisters who are hiding in the jungle. The soldiers and police dragged “Than’ out of bed and commenced beating him in front of his wife and children. His pregnant wife, H’Plin, tried to stop the beating but the police then beat her unconscious. “Than” was then taken to Gia Lai Province Prison but his relatives are not permitted to visit him.