THE FOLLOWING DEGAR CHRISTIANS REFUSED TO JOIN THE OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT CHURCH UNDER LEADERSHIP OF SIU KIM AND RCOM BOI

BEATEN UNCONSCIOUS AND IMPRISONED: UNABLE TO EAT

4/13/07 Vietnam (Montagnard Foundation) On 5 April 2007 a Degar Christian named Siu Eng (age 38) from the village of Plei Hluh, commune of Ia Grang, district Ia Grai, province Gia Lai was arrested in his home at approximately 6:30 am by two Vietnamese security police named Vu and Chung. The reason for his arrest was that he’s a layman of a house church at his village who refused to join the official government recognized church. The security police took him to the police station at Ia Grai district and beat him mercilessly using karate techniques, punching and kicking him over his body until he became unconscious. Siu Eng’s relatives visited him on 7 April 2007 and they saw his swollen face and battered body covered with blood. They burst into tears and used a handkerchief to wipe the dried blood from his face. He told them he was beaten repeatedly and had bled from his nose and ears. His family brought him food but he was unable to open his mouth from pain and was only able to feed him liquid soy bean milk. Siu Eng is still imprisoned at the prison facility in the district of Ia Grai and the condition of his health is unknown.