Lao officials threaten Christians with expulsion

HUAY, Laos — Local authorities in Laos are threatening Christians in three villages with expulsion unless they renounce their faith, with residents in one village calling the converts “pigs and dogs,” according to an advocacy organization. In a public meeting of Christians and others in Huay village of Atsaphangthong District, Savannakhet Province, local officials Sept. 21 ruled that Christians will…