{"id":47981,"date":"2024-03-08T13:16:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T21:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweet-pascal.52-27-215-206.plesk.page\/vietnamese-police-detain-3-protestant-house-church-members-in-dak-lak\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T13:16:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T21:16:50","slug":"vietnamese-police-detain-3-protestant-house-church-members-in-dak-lak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/vietnamese-police-detain-3-protestant-house-church-members-in-dak-lak\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnamese police detain 3 Protestant house church members in Dak Lak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vietnamese police have temporarily detained three members of an independent Protestant house church in Dak Lak province in the country\u2019s Central Highlands without providing information to their family, a relative of the detainees said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pastor Y Khen Bdap told Radio Free Asia on Thursday that the detainees are members of his family \u2013 his younger brother Y Qui Bdap, his son Y Nam Bkrong and his nephew Y Kic Bkrong.<\/span><\/p>\n

All three detainees are from the Ede ethnic minority and permanently reside in Ea Khit village, Ea Bhok commune in the province\u2019s Cu Kuin district. They have been working for KUKA Home Vietnam, an upholstered furniture manufacturer in Dong Xoai city, Binh Phuoc province, for many years and living in a rental unit near the company.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police from both Dak Lak and Binh Phuoc provinces visited their home on Sunday night to check their IDs and to search the place, the pastor said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The following day, the police went to their company while they were working and took them away, he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe police arrested and detained them without any explanation or warrants,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Evangelical Church of Christ of the Central Highlands and the independent Protestant house church are two religious groups in Dak Lak province that the Vietnamese government hasn\u2019t recognized, making it difficult for them to carry out their activities. Members are often subjected to harassment and arrest by authorities.
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Y Khen Bdap said his family went to the People\u2019s Committee and the police\u2019s headquarters in Ea Bhok commune on Thursday to ask about the detainees\u2019 whereabouts, but staff there said they didn\u2019t know.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As of midday on Friday, his family hadn\u2019t received any information about the detained relatives, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know where they are being detained and interrogated,\u201d Y Khen Bdap said. \u201cOur family is very anxious and worried as the police arrested them without notifying us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When family and friends asked the company about the arrests, they were told that police escorted the men away and that they hadn\u2019t yet returned, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Church established in 2017<\/p>\n

RFA was unable to reach the KUKA Home managers and workers for comment at the phone numbers provided by Y Khen Bdap.<\/span><\/p>\n

RFA also contacted Cu Kuin district police and Dak Lak provincial police to verify the arrests and detentions, but staffers told the reporter to go in person to their agencies\u2019 headquarters in person for information.<\/span><\/p>\n

Y Khen Bdap said he believes the arrests are related to his family\u2019s religious practice, because the three detainees and other adherents of the church often participate in annual human rights events, including the U.N.\u2019s International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief on Aug. 22 and Human Rights Day on Dec. 10.<\/span><\/p>\n

His brother, Y Qui Bdap, who is also a preacher, met with officers from the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi in 2020 to report on the local authorities\u2019 repeated harassment of his independent house church.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pastor Y Khen Bdap, who was sentenced to four years in prison in 2004 for \u201cdisturbing public order\u201d for his religious activities, said local authorities often had harassed him and other church leaders since the church was established in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

Local authorities have summoned him and the other leaders to ask\u00a0 about their religious activities and to prevent the church\u2019s adherents from holding events to celebrate Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n

In late October 2023, Cu Mgar district police <\/span>temporarily detained four independent Protestants for five days<\/span><\/a> after they invited President Vo Van Thuong to observe one of their religious services.<\/span><\/p>\n

After interrogating them, district police demanded they stop practicing religion independently and suggested they join the Evangelical Church of Vietnam or other religious groups recognized by the Vietnamese government.<\/span><\/p>\n

The police also demanded they not study civil society, saying its aim was to oppose the government, nor participate in activities commemorating the U.N\u2019s human rights days.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Translated by Anna Vu for RFA Vietnamese. Edited by Roseanne Gerin and Matt Reed.<\/p>\n

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