Nov. 29, Vietnamese authorities extradited Ma Van Bay from Binh Phuoc province in the Central Highlands to his former home in Ha Giang province on the China border.
Christians who know the brutality of government authorities in Ha Giang fear that Bay, a key Hmong Christian leader arrested on Nov. 17, will face serious abuse.
A Christian since the early 1990s, Bay had emerged as a leader of the rapidly growing Christian community in his home province.
In 1997, authorities accused him of “stealing money from the citizens for personal gain” and illegally propagating the Christian religion.
Badly beaten and facing up to 12 years in prison, Bay escaped custody and received help from Christians of another minority group in the Central Highlands.
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