Police in Laos Arrest Grandmother, Three Other Christians During Worship
Police in Laos arrested a grandmother and three other Christians while they were worshipping last month, according to an advocacy group.
Raiding a church service in Keovilai village, Vilabouly District in Savannakhet Province, local police on Nov. 18 arrested the 78-year-old woman identified as Grandma Bounlam and three men identified by the surnames Duangtha, Khampan and Ponsawan, according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF).
The four Christians have since been released, an HRWLRF source told Morning Star News. The three men had been held in handcuffs and feet stocks. Bounlam was released for medical treatment for a heart condition.
Police also evicted them from their homes and property, according to an HRWLRF press statement....