BEATEN UNCONSCIOUS AND IMPRISONED

BEATEN UNCONSCIOUS AND IMPRISONED

4/13/07 Vietnam (Montagnard Foundation) On 11 March 2007 a Degar Christian named Rcom Mrin (age 47) from the Village of Plei Khop , Commune Ia Grang, District Ia Grai, Gia Lai province was ordered by the Vietnamese security police of the Commune of Ia Grang to attend their office. When Rcom Mrin arrived at the police station around 10 am that day the police grabbed him and pushed him into a car and drove him to the police station in Ia Grai district. Here, the security police told him that he must follow the religion of Siu Kim or Rcom Boi or he will be severely punished. Rcom Mrin refused and the police began beating him with their fists and also slapping his ears trying to break his eardrums. He was beaten on his face, his abdominal parts and kicked all over until he was unconscious. Rcom Mrin is still imprisoned at the prison facility in the district of Ia Grai and the condition of his health is unknown.