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According to a press release from the Montagnard Foundation, the authorities responded with force to the thousands who were demonstrating, beating them with electric batons, throwing rocks, and shooting them. A number were reportedly killed. There were also reports of decapitations. There are concerns that thousands may try to flee to Cambodia.
Responding to prior government claims that the people were seeking independence, Kok Ksor, President of the Montagnard Foundation, said, "All we want is to live as indigenous peoples on our ancestral lands without fear of persecution without the Vietnamese authorities interfering in our religious affairs nor forcing us to renounce Christ and without the fear our ancestral lands will be confiscated where we are driven to a life of poverty."
Pray for the families of those killed as well as for many in fear for their lives. Pray for the continued ministry of the Christians throughout Vietnam. Pray also that the Vietnamese government will come to see and know that Jesus is Lord.
For more information on persecution in Vietnam, as well as the plight of the people from the central highlands, click here.
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