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Church leader beaten unconscious by hired thugs in Vietnam
A church leader in Vietnam was beaten unconscious with iron bars by a gang of thugs believed to have been hired by the authorities. Luy Gonzaga Nguyen Quang Hoa (46) was attacked on 23 February as he was making his way home to Kon Hring after taking a funeral service in another village. He said: On the way back to my parish, three strangers on motorbikes came after me and beat me around the head, back, stomach and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Barnabas Aid, Vietnam
Police Attack House Church in Vietnam, Leaders Jailed
Compass Direct News reports HANOI – Police invaded the Sunday service of the Agape Baptist congregation in Vietnam’s Hung Yen Province on June 7 and beat worshippers, including women, and arrested a pastor and an elder. Christian sources said police put the two church leaders into separate cells, and each man was beaten by a gang of five policemen. Pastor Duong Van Tuan of the house church in Hamlet 3, Ong Dinh Commune, Khoai Chau district said that officers beat them in a way that did not leave marks: hard blows to the stomach. The beatings came in retaliation for Pastor Tuan refusing to leave the area as police had ordered, Christian sources said. He and the church elder were released later that evening. Read the full story at Compass Direct News. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Persecution, Vietnam
