Two villages in central Lao province have threatened to jail Christians who continues to practice Christianity in the province. The authorities of Nhang and Don Keo in Nakai district, Khammouane province had banned Christians activities in the area last month and have also threatened them to stop the reading the Bible or holding any religion ceremonies in the community.
According to locals around the community, village chief named Sone and four police officers arrested and detained a four Christians in the Nakai police district where a police officer named Phonxay threatened to throw them in jail unless they signed a document to denounce their religion or believe, RFA reports.
The officer threatened them to sign the documents in 2 hours, but were later given untill Wednesday to sign the document. The Christians in Nhang are said to be 22, while the Christians in Don Keo are 32. The Christians were reported to be practising since 2013, something the Laos government opposes, as it sees the Christian religion as a threat due to its traditional opposition to communism.
We Don't Know Phonxay
According to the RFA reports, police in Nakai district has denied knowing any police with the name Phonxay, and that they currently are not aware of the current development of Christians getting threatened by any of its officers.
The Laos population is dominated by Buddhist, and Christians is only 1.5 percent of the 7 million.
The three main churches are Laos include the Roman Catholic church, Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Lao Evangelical Church.