Two Montagnard Vietnamese Christian men — Pastor Siu Yúi, 68, and church member Siu Dok, 40 — were recently arrested in Gia Lai Central Province in Vietnam’s Central Highlands region.
Both men were charged with “religious teachings” to mobilize ethnic minority communities in Vietnam’s Central Highlands toward separatism and independence, according to Christianity Solidarity Worldwide.
These arrests of Montagnard Christians are the latest in a long campaign the Communist Vietnamese government has waged against Montagnard Christian ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands who refuse to join state-controlled and sanctioned churches.
But this campaign has extended beyond Vietnamese borders, especially with the controversial extradition of Montagnard Christian leader Y Qinh Bdap from Thailand a few months ago to serve a prison sentence in Vietnam.
“Please pray for these brothers, and for the countless other Montagnard Christian brethren inside Vietnam, living as refugees in Thailand, and scattered around the globe facing persecution,” an International Christian Concern (ICC) staffer said.
