Electric Shock tortured, face disfigured from torture

2/14/07 Vietnam (Montgnard Foundation) Ksor Hlun was born in 1968 from the village of Ploi Ring , commune of Ha Bau, district of Dak Doa, province of Gialai . On April 7, 2004, he was arrested and tortured by security forces who beat, kicked, punched, and shocked him using electric shock – beating him like he was an animal until he passed out several times and then they dragged him around before they finally sent him to prison at T-20 in Pleiku. On January 24, 2005, Ksor Hlun was tried at the communal court of Ha Bau in the district of Dak Doa province of Gialai . He was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the crimes of:

· Participating in the peaceful demonstrations of 2001

· Wanting to establish a Degar country

· Destroying national unity

· Wanting all Vietnamese to leave Central Highlands

Currently he is imprisoned at the prison facility called Trai Ba-Sao in Nam -Ha, province of Ha Nam . In jail, the Vietnamese security force repeatedly tortured Ksor Hlun. According to current reports from his family, he suffers severe pain from internally damaged organs and his face has been horribly disfigured. His wife has had nightmares about the disfigurement of his face and body ever since she went to visit with him in January of 2007.